Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 2016 is an iconic Piedmontese Nebbiolo. Intense garnet red, it offers a complex bouquet of red fruits, spices, and licorice. On the palate, it's elegant, powerful, harmonious, with fine tannins and a long finish. Perfect with red meats and aged cheeses. Serve at 16-18°C.
Italy - Piedmont Still red wine, DOCG Barbaresco Nebbiolo 100%
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Colour
Intense garnet red with orange reflections.
Bouquet
Complex, ethereal, with notes of ripe red fruits, withered flowers, sweet spices, licorice, and truffle.
Taste
Elegant, powerful, enveloping, with fine yet present tannins, great structure, and a long finish. Balanced and harmonious.
Alcohol content
14.5% vol.
Type of glass
Large red wine glasses, Burgundy or Ballon type.
Pairings
Red meats, game, aged cheeses, truffle, rich Piedmontese cuisine.
Refinement
Ages approximately 12 months in barriques, then 12 months in large oak barrels, followed by further bottle aging.
Vinification
Fermentation in steel tanks at controlled temperature with prolonged maceration.