Vingården Gaja blev grundlagt i 1859 og Angelo Gaja der fortsat driver det (sammen med datteren) kom ind i familieforetagendet i 1961. I vinhistoriebøgerne er det ikke vanskeligt at finde at Elio Altare og Angelo Gaja er blandt de mest betydningsfulde innovative revolutionerende personligheder i Piemonte i forbindelse med vinproduktion baseret på nebbiolo. Gaja med oprindelse i Barbaresco råder idag over ca. 100 ha vinmarker i Piemonte (stadig primært Barbaresco) og 80 ha vinmarker i Toscana. Gajas to toscanske vingårde Pieve Santa Restituta (brunello) og Ca Marcanda (Supertoscaner) er også at finde i 2100Happiness sortiment. Angelo Gajas vine er dyre - ca. en håndfuld er blandt Italiens dyreste vine - de er også en vinøs oplevelse udover det sædvanlige til særlige anledninger.
Galloni (98+)
The 2016 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo is an eternal wine that will need 10-15 years in bottle to truly come around. Sorì San Lorenzo is often a big, virile wine. There is plenty of heft to the 2016, but at the same time, I also find an element of refinement and nuance that Sorì San Lorenzo has rarely, if ever, shown. Black cherry, cloves, menthol, licorice, gravel and incense are some of the many aromas and flavor that meld together in this dramatic and dramatically beautiful Barbaresco from the Gaja family. The Sorì San Lorenzo just explodes on the finish, with an array of aromas, flavors and textures that will leave readers weak at the knees. The 2016 is an outrageously beautiful, vivid wine of real gravitas and power. 2026 - 2051
Robert Parker (98)
If the Barbaresco Costa Russi expresses itself with purity and grace, the 2016 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo struts out stacked and tall. It has firmer textural support and is not as timid or as withholding as the Costa Russi. The Sorì San Lorenzo site is located closest to the warm air currents that travel down the Tanaro River valley, and this vineyard site is always the first to ripen and be harvested. You get a stronger mineral note here with iron rust, pencil shaving and potting soil intertwined with the primary fruit, showing dazzlingly intricate complexity and depth. This vineyard site suffered in the 2017 vintage from some hail damage that hit on July 19. The quality of fruit is expected to be good, Gaia Gaja tells me, but yields will be reduced next year. 2024 - 2050
