2016 Gaja Sori Tildin Barbaresco 750 ml

Name: 2016 Gaja Sori Tildin Barbaresco
Brand: Gaja
SKU: 12e04ac5-df75-426f-acdf-eff960d8592e
Price: 599 USD
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100 pts

Vinous

The 2016 Barbaresco Sorì Tildìn is a fabulous, incredibly complete wine that soars out of the glass with explosive structure and vertical lift. The tannins are very much present, but also matched beautifully by the wine's aromatic intensity and overall drive. Dark macerated cherry, spice, leather, licorice, plum and mocha add darker shades of nuance. In 2016, Sorì Tildìn is a bit more brooding and bigger than it often is, and yet all the elements are impeccably balanced. It is quite simply a majestic wine of real grandeur and total class, but it is not obvious. Sorì Tildìn will appeal most to readers who understand what the truest essence of Nebbiolo is all about. In a word: magnificent!

98 pts

Jeb Dunnuck

Coming from a warmer, south-facing site, the 2016 Barbaresco Sori Tildin is a more concentrated, vibrant wine compared to the straight Barbaresco and has vivid notes of bright cherry fruits, rose petals, road tar, violets and even a hint of orange blossom. Incredible on the palate, with medium to full body, an incredible, seamless texture, ultra-fine tannins, and a monster finish. The tannins here are unquestionably on another level and are perfectly ripe, and this just about off-the-charts 2016 has a Grand Cru Red Burgundy-like texture, elegance, and stature. This bottle didn't hit prime time until the second day, so either give bottles a healthy decant or, even better, 5-7 years in a cold cellar.

97 pts

Wine Advocate

Here's a wonderfully spicy and opulent rendition of Nebbiolo and another very full and rich Barbaresco from Gaja. The 2016 Barbaresco Sorì Tildìn is open, more concentrated and structured. There are pretty floral notes of rose hip or wild rose in this generous wine of broad scope. We're talking about smaller fruit here, with plums, cassis, blackberry and plenty of power. Everything came to perfect maturity in this 2016 vintage, representing that rare merge of quantity and quality. This is what you get from the dense soils of the warm, south-facing Sorì Tildìn site and similar ones where the terrain can keep the moisture locked in. The 2016 growing season was also marked by sharp diurnal shifts, and rainfall was well-timed to occur when it was needed most.

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"In a word: magnificent"

In 1961, after earning a degree in enology, a young Angelo Gaja began working in his family’s winery, picking up where his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather left off. But the intrepid Gaja was not content to simply follow in their footsteps. He would revolutionize winemaking in Barbaresco, introducing French concepts including the use of barrique, hybrid bottle formats, longer corks, and even clonal selection in the vineyard. These techniques catapulted the region to Burgundian heights, and when it was all said and done, Gaja had emerged as “the undisputed king of Barbaresco.”

Sori Tildin is named for the matriarch of the family, Clotilde Rey. Since 1970, the family has produced this single-vineyard wine from the south-facing plot. The wine shows as full and round with flavors of morello cherry and spice. It is widely considered one of the greatest sites in Barbaresco and it certainly lived up to its reputation in the near-perfect 2016 vintage.

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2016 Gaja Sori Tildin Barbaresco 750 ml

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