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  • Decanting time

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  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Salads

Food Pairing

Salads

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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Vintage 2023

In Italy, mildew dominated the wine landscape in 2023. May and June brought plenty of rain, which was ideal for the spread of Peronospora in southern and central Italy. Many winegrowers reacted too late, which meant that large areas were affected. In the north, powdery mildew caused problems. A hot September with temperatures above 30 degrees led to further losses. Across the country, losses were well over 20% compared to the previous year. Tu...

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White peach, lemon zest, green apple, and wet chalk. Crisp, focused, and linear, showing high acidity and subtle oak integration.

  • 95p

The 2023 highlights exceptional aromatic purity and structural focus. The nose reveals crisp white peach, lemon zest,green apple, wet crushed chalk, and delicate nuances of kaffir lime and toasted brioche. On the palate, the attack is linear and taut, driven by electric, mouthwatering acidity that cuts cleanly through a concentrated core of citrus and flinty minerals. The oak integration is seamless and discreet, carrying through to an extended, chiseled, and saline finish marked by persistent stone-fruit and lime-pith tension.


The Season: A year of weather extremes that concluded with ideal late-season conditions. Heavy, persistent late-spring rains brought fungal pressure (downy mildew) that demanded rigorous organic vineyard intervention. Mid-summer saw severe heatwaves that slowed vine metabolism and sunburned exposed clusters. However, late September through October brought crisp, clear days and chilly nights, allowing grapes to hang late into October to regain tension and acid definition.



The Style: Energetic, bright, and aromatically transparent. Avoiding the sheer density of 2022 and the monumental heft of 2021, the 2023s show crisp red fruit, lower pH levels, crunchy acidities, and finely powdered tannins. They favor tensile elegance, perfume, and linear drive over broad extraction.


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Origin

Barbaresco, Piedmont

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