In Bond Fine Wine. 2016 Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo, Sori San Lorenzo, Piedmont, Italy. Red italy - piedmont in 6x75cl. Drinking window: 2022–2051. 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) — 98/100 · Vinous, 2019-11-01 · Drink 2026 - 2051
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…
James Suckling (JS) — 99/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 2019-08-29
Glorious aromas of ripe strawberries, cherries and orange peel with flowers and stones and some incense. Full-bodied, dense and powerful with fantastic depth of fruit and ripe tannins. It goes on for minutes. One of the most structured Sori San Lorenzos in a long time.
Walter Speller (WS) — 17.5/20 · JancisRobinson.com, 20/09/2019 · Drink 2022-2034
Just mid ruby. Perfumed raspberry nose of real vigour with notes of oatmeal and earth. This has a certain coolness and sleekness to it. Energetic raspberry fruit and bags of fine tannins and tangy acidity melting into one on the finish.