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Gaia & Rey Chardonnay 2024

Gaja, Piedmont, Italia

Gaja
Piedmont Italia
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salmon and avocado blinis

The Story

The winery's historic Gaia & Rey is a wine that not only reshaped the legacy of the house itself, but also redefined Piedmont as one of the truly great winemaking regions of the world. Named after Lucia and Angelo Gaja's daughter, Gaia Gaja, and Angelo Gaja's grandmother Clotilde Rey (the family's great matriarch and one of its most forward-thinking visionaries), Gaia & Rey was first bottled in 1983 and was first released the following year.

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The 2024 Gaja Gaia & Rey is a striking, razor-sharp triumph of tension, minerality, and cold-climate precision, born from one of the coolest, wettest, and most demanding growing seasons the Langhe has seen in over a decade. Relentless spring rainfall demanded extraordinary vigilance against disease, followed by a moderate summer without heat spikes and a chilly autumn that stretched ripening without building high alcohol. Harvested early with ...

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2026
230€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

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Green apple, grapefruit, and crushed shell. Taut, high-acid profile with flinty minerality and a clean, citrus-driven finish.

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  • 96p

The 2024 is defined by extreme freshness, high-toned florality, and sheer tensile drive. Bright aromas of green pear,grapefruit peel, crushed oyster shell, and honeysuckle dominate the glass, backed by faint hints of flint and unroasted almond. The palate is athletic and sharply defined, framed by brisk acidity and a tightly coiled mineral grip that keeps the wine taut from entry to finish. It delivers a pure, unadorned expression of cold-climate Chardonnay precision that will unwind beautifully with bottle age.


The Season: One of the most demanding, labor-intensive, and cool growing seasons of the past decade. Relentless rainfall from late May through June created acute disease pressure, requiring relentless vine treatments. Summer remained moderate without extreme spikes, yet water reserves remained saturated. Recurring rain during September meant strict green harvesting and obsessive berry sorting were paramount. Barbaresco fared somewhat better than Barolo due to slightly earlier ripening.



The Style: Chiseled, cool-toned, and focused. Top sites with excellent drainage and southern exposure produced taut,high-acid, translucent wines marked by wild red currants, floral fragrance, and mineral bite. It is a vintage where top producer pedigree and strict sorting dictate success, resulting in fewer single-cru bottlings but bright, classic lines.


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  • 95p

This is wildly vibrant, crackling with grapefruit peel, sea spray, and delicate white blossoms. The acidity is brisk and mouthwatering, leaving your tongue tingling with chalky minerality. It’s lean, tensile, and full of raw, unfiltered potential.

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Tietoja

Alkuperä

Barbaresco, Piedmont

Vuosikerran laatu

Yli keskiarvon

Hintansa arvoinen

Tyydyttävä

Sijoituspotentiaali

Ei ole

Väärennösriski

Ei ole

Tuottajan muut viinit

Alteni di Brassaca

Barbaresco

Barolo Conteisa

Barolo Dagromis

Barolo Gromis

Barolo Riserva

Barolo Sperss

Brunello di Montalcino Rennina

Conteisa

Costa Russi

Darmagi

Dolcetto d'Alba

Gaja Ca´marcanda

Gaja Sito Moresco

Gromis Conteisa Cerequio

Infernot

Rossj-Bass

Sitorey

Sorí San Lorenzo

Sori Tildin

Virheellinen informaatio
Virheitä sivustolla, kerro meille
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