94/100 JS
"So perfumed with black cherry, strawberry and flowers. Tar undertones. Brick, too. Some minerals. Stone fruit. Full body, fine tannins and a fresh finish. Barbaresco with clarity and finesse. This has some wine from the top crus of Gaja such as Sori Tildin and Sori San Lorenzo in the blend because they were not bottled. Drink or hold."
(James Suckling, jamessuckling.com)
91/100 vinous
"The 2012 Barbaresco is lifted, precise and gracious in style. Sweet red cherry, cranberry, wild flowers and mint are all laced together in a delicate, understated Barbaresco that will drink well early. The 2012 is supremely classy and polished, but it is also unusually accessible for a young Gaja wine. In 2012, Gaja did not bottle their three single-vineyard wines from Barbaresco. Instead, all of the fruit went into the estate's Barbaresco bottling."
(Antonio Galloni, vinous.com)
91/100 PP
"The 2012 Barbaresco shows different DNA from its previous incarnations. Angelo Gaja usually blends fruit from 14 vineyard sites to make this wine. Starting with this vintage, he has opted to reduce that number to eight vineyards instead. The change is subtle, but you can taste it. At this young stage in the wine's life I was unsure of the results. This Barbaresco is more austere, thorny and nervous compared to the super supple and rich vintages of the immediate past. The nose shows dark fruit follow by cola, garden herb and white pepper. The mouthfeel is silky and firm and edgy."
(Monica Larner, robertparker.com)
Anbauregion: | Piemont Barbaresco, Piemont |
Flaschengröße: | 75 cl - Bouteille, Normalflasche |
Jahrgang: | 2012 |
Klassifikation: | DOCG Barbaresco |
Typ: | Rotwein trocken Rotwein |
Land: | Italien |
Weingut: | Gaja |
Lage: | aus 10 hochwertigen Lagen im Barbaresco-Gebiet |
Rebsorte: | Nebbiolo |
Ausbau: | 8 Monate im Barrique und anschließend über 24 Monate im großen Holzfass |
Rebfläche: | 100 ha |
Durchschnittliche Jahresproduktion: | 25.000 Kisten |
Boden: | Lehmiger, sandiger und lockerer Kalksteinboden |
Alkoholgehalt: | 14,0 % vol |
Trinkempfehlung ab: | jetzt |
Trinkempfehlung bis: | 2032+ |
Trinktemperatur: | 16-18 °C |
Verschluss: | Naturkork |
Bewertung robertparker.com: | 93/100 |
Bewertung A.Galloni, vinous.com: | 94/100 |
Bewertung Daniel Nussbaum: | 93+/100 |
Bewertung Jahrgang: | ****/***** |
Abgefüllt von: | Gaja s.s., Via Torino 18, 12050 Barbaresco, Italy |