LiQuery - Gaja Gaia & Rey Chardonnay

Item:	231563
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	VINTAGES
Release Date:	2021-09-02
Producer:	Azienda Agricola Di Angelo Gaja
Location:	Italy - Piedmont
Price:	$348.00 Price History
Style:	White Wine Full-bodied & Rich
Alcohol:	14.0%
Varietal:	Chardonnay
Sugar Code:	- (2.0 g/L)
Rating:	93
Total Inventory:	1 vs. on
Cellar:	2030
Glass Style:	Montrachet (Chardonnay) Purchase Glass

Description
There is currently no description for this product - it was added on 2019-02-28.

Tasting Notes
This wine was first made in 1983, and back then, no malolactic fermentation occurred. Jump forward in time to the 2017 Langhe Gaia & Rey, and this is another vintage in which malo did not start. (Partial malolactic returns in 2018). Since those first years of production, the oak usage has also been tweaked, now with less barrique in favor of more botte grande. Thanks to these changes, the aromatic profile of this wine veers toward citrus and rich tropical fruit, especially in a warm vintage such as this. However counterintuitive, this edition also shows a very bright and precise touch of acidity that serves to give the wine balanced and mouth-cleansing salinity. Drink date: 2019-2030. Score - 93+. (Monica Larner, robertparker.com, June 28, 2019)

Tasting Notes