In the glass
Aroma: strawberry, plum, raspberry, red currant, elderflower, marzipan
Palate: wild strawberry, licorice, polished stone
The most charming and aromatic of Gaja's Barbaresco crus, Costa Russi pairs an abundance of strawberry and red fruit with verbena and marzipan, silky tannin and an elegant finish.
What it pairs with
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Roast guinea fowl
Delicate game meets the cru's perfumed red fruit without overwhelming it. -
Agnolotti del plin in butter
The wine's elegant red-fruit lift carries the meat-stuffed pasta's richness. -
Toma piemontese
Mild alpine cheese frames the wine's strawberry and elderflower.
History
Costa Russi debuted with the 1978 vintage from a four-hectare parcel just below Sori Tildin. The name joins costa, meaning slope, with Russi, the nickname of the vineyard's former sharecropper.
- 1978 — First single-vineyard Costa Russi vintage
- 2013 — Returned to Barbaresco DOCG label
Facts
- Producer
- Gaja
- Grapes
- Nebbiolo (100%)
- Classification
- Barbaresco DOCG
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 550 to 1100 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 35 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1978
Scores
- James Suckling 97 (2021 vintage, reviewed 2024)
- Jeb Dunnuck 97 (2021 vintage, reviewed 2024)