Gaja Barbaresco

In the glass

Aroma: strawberry, red cherry, blackberry, orange peel, violet

Palate: red fruit, savoury earth, tar

Gaja's village Barbaresco blends fruit from several Barbaresco crus into a rich, round Nebbiolo with tarry depth, grainy tannin and a voluminous finish.

What it pairs with

• Brasato al Barolo
  Slow-braised beef in Nebbiolo echoes the wine's tar and dried-cherry register and softens against its firm tannin.
• Tajarin with butter and white truffle
  The wine's savoury earth lifts the truffle while its acidity cuts the egg-rich pasta.
• Aged Castelmagno cheese
  Alpine cow's-milk salt sharpens Nebbiolo's red-fruit lift.

History

The Gaja family has bottled Barbaresco since 1859. Angelo Gaja modernised the village blend from the 1960s, championing Nebbiolo from Barbaresco on the world stage.

1. 1961 — Angelo Gaja joins the family estate and begins modernising
2. 2013 — Single-vineyard crus returned to the Barbaresco DOCG label after the 1996 to 2012 Langhe Nebbiolo declassification

Facts

Producer

Gaja

Grapes

Nebbiolo (100%)

Classification

Barbaresco DOCG

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 250 to 400 at retail

Drinking window

8 to 30 from vintage

First vintage

1859

Scores

• Jancis Robinson 17 (2020 vintage, reviewed 2024)

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