Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Forma strepitoso!! Bottiglia perfetta 1982
Forma strepitoso!! Bottiglia perfetta 1982
Jul 27th, 2024
Fennel, pot pourri, dried red cherry and tea with a slight balsamic quality. A little Brett, but in a charming way. Definitely on the decline. I would love to have tasted this a decade or more ago. The 2001 is probably the best Italian wine I have ever tasted.
Fennel, pot pourri, dried red cherry and tea with a slight balsamic quality. A little Brett, but in a charming way. Definitely on the decline. I would love to have tasted this a decade or more ago. The 2001 is probably the best Italian wine I have ever tasted.
Jul 24th, 2015
Just beautiful drinking, still fresh, complicated. A bottle to spend an evening with.
Just beautiful drinking, still fresh, complicated. A bottle to spend an evening with.
Jan 7th, 2015
Still has bright red fruit!
Still has bright red fruit!
Sep 9th, 2013
Beautiful redfruit and floral aromas and flavors, faint road tar, actually still quite youthful in its flavor and structure, super long, lingering finish, incredible for a 43-year-old non-Cru Barbaresco!!
Beautiful redfruit and floral aromas and flavors, faint road tar, actually still quite youthful in its flavor and structure, super long, lingering finish, incredible for a 43-year-old non-Cru Barbaresco!!
May 24th, 2025Cork broke in half during extraction, initially some cardboard aromas, but lovely fruit underneath, medium-long finish and great balance/depth, I’ll update as it sits open.
Cork broke in half during extraction, initially some cardboard aromas, but lovely fruit underneath, medium-long finish and great balance/depth, I’ll update as it sits open.
Oct 23rd, 2023
1982 Gaja Barbaresco. Lunch w A&S at Don G. Stood up for 3 days prior. Didn’t decant. It was great! Balanced and def not pruney or raisiny.
1982 Gaja Barbaresco. Lunch w A&S at Don G. Stood up for 3 days prior. Didn’t decant. It was great! Balanced and def not pruney or raisiny.
Feb 23rd, 2018
