Gaja - Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 2016

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About the wine:

If the Barbaresco Costa Russi expresses itself with purity and grace, the Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo 2016 struts its stuff with volume and grandeur. It has a textured, firm body and is not as shy or reticent as the Costa Russi. The Sorì San Lorenzo plot is located closest to the warm air currents that flow down the Tanaro river valley, and this vine is always the first to ripen and be harvested. You get a stronger mineral note here with rust, just-sharpened pencil and loam intertwined with primary fruit, showing incredibly complex depth. This vineyard suffered during the 2017 vintage from some hail damage that struck on July 19. Fruit quality should be good, Gaia Gaja tells me, but yields will be reduced next year.

Wine Spectator

Wine Enthusiast

Vinous A. Galloni

James Suckling

About the wine:

Glorious aromas of ripe strawberries, cherries and orange peel with flowers and stones and a little incense. Full-bodied, dense and powerful with fantastic depth of fruit and ripe tannins. Lasts a while. One of the most structured Sori San Lorenzos in a long time.

Jeb Dunnuck