2000 Gaja Barbaresco

Community Tasting Notes (78) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  8/12/2023 - toppcats@aol.com Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Reading through the tasting notes here on CT, I think many have done a goodjob with the tasting reviews on this wine, given the expected bottle variance. Cork appeared intact but fractured on cork removal, despite using a Durand. Decanted through cheesecloth to handle the few cork fragments and sediment, which was mild to moderate. Cork almost fully saturated but no evidence of seepage beyond cork. Aroma of cherries from opened bottle. Color - mostly a uniform dark garnet. Allowed 1 hour after decant until pour. Nose of both sweet and tart cherries/cherry syrup with a touch of anise/licorice, lanolin lotion, iodine, and tar (slight medicinal scent). Light to medium silky mouthfeel. Palate of cherry fruit and dried flowers with a touch of pepper on the medium length finish. Mild, but drying tannins, still present on finish. Overall very good-->excellent.

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  4/30/2023 - KVM wrote:

  Medium red, a little amber edge. Anise, cherry syrup nose. Luscious body, peppery, cherry fruit. Silky, medium-length finish.

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  2/22/2023 - gzim Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Double Decanted at 10am for a 7pm dinner, which was necessary due to logistics and work, and I believe turned out to really help show this wine at its best.
  Beautiful notes of complex red berries, with roses and spice. Lots of layers, and the wine still has many years of fruit left. Super fine grain tannins well integrated at this point. This bottle seemed to be in a great place and was very enjoyable. Shared at a Knights of Alba Dinner

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  2/21/2023 - MC2 Wines wrote:

  Knights of Alba (KOA) BYO Barbaresco Dinner (Legacy Records): Interesting to try on the heels of the ‘71 which was well integrated and so the treatment seemed to yield a bit of power and punch to the wine but not in an overdone way. This was still resolving. Get the oak. Don’t get as many of the other flavors as a result. Give it a lot of time.

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  2/14/2023 - Tarpon222 wrote: 91 Points

  Drank over 2 days. Nice. Last of 3 expensive bottles.

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