Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 2022

Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 2022

It is a wine that combines the extraordinary power and richness of this hot area of Napa

explosively long and very firmly structured finish where a pleasing bead of minerality appears which helps to add lift to the finish

black-cherry

While there is a hint of vegetal on the now fully mature aromas of spicy secondary fruit

This doesn’t come off as the least bit too dry (at four grams) and its succulence of fruit persists into a long

all with sensational precision that few can match in this vintage (indeed

violet and spiced tea precede succulent and refined medium-bodied flavors that are softly stony while exhibiting excellent persistence on the lengthy

The still very firm and backward middle weight plus flavors possess both excellent mid-palate density and plenty of minerality that carries over to the hugely long finish that is impeccably well-balanced

more mineral version of Vega

I have said this several times recently but since 2009 this wine has become noticeably more interesting

The élevage lasted 16 months and was mostly in oval Stockinger 2

There is enough wood to notice framing the exuberantly spicy red and dark currant aromas that display an abundance of sauvage and earth nuances