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    115
  • Producer ranking ?

    34
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2030

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The Story

This wine made history when it became one of the earliest single-vineyard bottlings of Nebbiolo in Piedmont with the 1967 vintage. Sourced from the GAJA winery's top growing site, San Lorenzo, located just south of the village of Barbaresco in the famed cru Secondine, the wine is made with 95% Nebbiolo grapes and 5% Barbera. This practice hails back to the earliest era of Barbaresco, when the lighter-bodied Barbera was traditionally blended in...

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Tightly wound, showing dark bramble fruit, crushed rock, graphite, and menthol. Full-bodied with high, architectural tannins, brisk acidity, and long mineral persistence.

  • 97p

A benchmark vintage of aristocratic power and laser-cut precision. The 2021 is taut and brooding, revealing graphite,crushed limestone, black tea, dark cherry, and menthol only after substantial aeration. On the palate, it delivers extraordinary structural tension: a seamless, crystalline core of dark fruit supported by a towering wall of chiseled,architectural tannins and driving acidity. It is exceptionally persistent, finishing saline, chalky, and tightly wound. A monument to the site that demands significant cellar patience.


The Season: A textbook cool-climate Mediterranean growing season. Winter brought abundant snowfall and rain, building deep subterranean water tables. Late spring frosts reduced yields by roughly 10–15% across several valleys.Summer was hot and dry, but cool alpine breezes and sharp night-time drops preserved freshness. A long, sun-drenched autumn extended hanging times well into mid-October, allowing Nebbiolo to achieve flawless phenolic maturity.



The Style: An undisputed benchmark vintage destined for multi-decade cellaring. The wines are aristocratic, chiseled, and intensely structured, defined by towering, fine-grained tannins, crystalline red and dark berry fruit, and saline mineral persistence. They demand patience and represent modern Piedmont at its structural peak.

  • 98p

This stopped me dead in my tracks. It is monumental, quiet, and completely unapologetic about its power. You have to give it time in the glass, coaxing out notes of graphite, dark wild berries, and mint, before you hit a wall of laser-chiseled,architectural tannins. It’s not looking to flatter anyone right now; it’s an intellectual, thrilling powerhouse that feels like liquid marble. An absolute classic in the making that demands patience.

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Origin

Barbaresco, Piedmont

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