In Bond Fine Wine. 2009 Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo, Sori San Lorenzo, Piedmont, Italy. Red italy - piedmont in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 96/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2019–2039. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Gaja is one of Italy’s most revered wine estates and a defining name in Piedmont, widely credited with transforming the international reputation of Barbaresco and modern Italian fine wine. Under the visionary leadership of Angelo Gaja, the family estate revolutionised winemaking in the region through meticulous vineyard replanting, lower yields, temperature-controlled fermentation, the introduction of single vineyard bottlings and a relentless pursuit of quality. Today the estate’s wines combine extraordinary precision, perfume and structure with remarkable ageing potential, and are among the greatest and most collectible wines of Italy.
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 95/100 · Vinous, 2014-11-01 · Drink 2019 - 2039
Silky and gracious on the palate, the 2009 Sorì San Lorenzo looks to be a wine that will drink well with just a few years of cellaring. This is a decidedly floral, lifted yet radiant wine with terrific balance and plenty of the sexiness that defines the very best wines of the year.
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 96/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 2012-10-31 · Drink 2019 - 2039
Gaja’s 2009 Sori San Lorenzo, on the other hand, is much more typical in its expression. Layers of juicy dark cherries, menthol, spices, tar, licorice and graphite flow across the palate as this powerful, masculine wine opens up in the glass. Balsamic infused aromas and flavors develop in the glass, adding considerable complexity and the signature of this great terroir, indisputably one of Piemon…