Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo, Gaja - 2017

Provenance: Piedmont
Appellation: Barbaresco
Domain: Gaja
Grape variety(ies): Nebbiolo
On-call time: 25 years
Style of wine: Vin de grand terroir

Sorì San Lorenzo is generally the most powerful and full-bodied of the Gaja family's parcel wines. From a very large terroir (Secondine), it develops an intense, concentrated and liquorice-like fruit, with aromatic herbs and balsamic notes. Its length will only increase with bottle age. If it were a Burgundy, it could be called Mazis-Chambertin...

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Technique

Viticulture

From a very large terroir (Secondine) located a few metres from the historic centre of Barbaresco. 3.88 hectares facing south, at an average altitude of 260 m., on a clay-limestone soil. Angelo Gaja arrived on the estate in 1961 and bought a vineyard on the central part of Secondine, one of the best positions of Barbaresco according to Giovanni Gaja, his father. This was the first parcel selection he made. First vintage 1967.

Oenology

Fermentation and maceration take place in stainless steel vats for about 3 weeks at controlled temperatures. The wine is aged in oak barrels for 12 months, then 12 months in large traditional tuns.