Gaja Sperss Barolo 2017
£315.00
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A profoundly complex and ageworthy wine from one of Piemonte's star producers
- The palate is loaded with fruit concentration, along with complex notes of leather, cigar smoke, and savoury spice
- The Gaja winery was founded by Giovanni Gaja in 1859 and is now one of the most highly acclaimed in Italy
- 30 months' maturation in oak casks contributes complexity and harmony to this wine
- Produced from fruit grown in the sought-after Serralunga district of Barolo
- The vineyards sit in a beautiful amphitheatre shape, with maximum exposure to sun
- Grape variety: Nebbiolo
- Vintage: 2017
- Type/Colour: Red
- Alcohol: 14.5%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
- Group: Piedmont
"This wine shows the quintessential attributes of the Serralunga d'Alba appellation with dark fruit flavors and powerful intensity. The 2013 Barolo Sperss paints a very authentic picture of its unique territory with rich layers of black fruit, wet earth, black truffle, licorice and spice. The wine's tannic structure is firm and lasting. It shows broad shoulders and rich texture overall. This beautiful Barolo boasts a dark colour and thick concentration with aromatic elegance. This important wine is now part of the Barolo DOCG family" - Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
The Gaja family settled in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy in the mid-seventeenth century. Five generations of Gajas have been producing wines in Piedmont's Langhe hills since 1859, the year Giovanni Gaja, a local grape grower, founded the Gaja Winery in Barbaresco.
The Langhe hills, with their steep slopes of calcareous clay, are home to the Nebbiolo grape and its long-lived wines of exceptional character: Barbaresco, Barolo and Langhe Nebbiolo. For generations, classic Barbaresco and Barolo were made from Nebbiolo grapes from several vineyards. In the 1960s and 1970s, leading winemakers began to vinify Nebbiolo grapes from single vineyards separately.
Today, Gaja produces classic Barbaresco D.O.C.G. and Barolo D.O.C.G. (Dagromis) as well as five single vineyard Nebbiolo wines: Sorì San Lorenzo, Sorì Tildìn and Costa Russi (from the Barbaresco district); Sperss and Conteisa (from the Barolo district). Gaja single-vineyard wines carried the Barbaresco or Barolo appellation until the 1995 vintage.
Beginning with the 1996 vintage, all of Gaja's single-vineyard Nebbiolo wines have been labelled Langhe Nebbiolo D.O.C. The Gajas' conviction that the Langhe terroir can produce outstanding wines is reflected not only in their Nebbiolo-based wines, but also in the wines they produce from non-indigenous varieties: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.