2021 Gaja "Sori San Lorenzo" Barbaresco
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100JD
99JS
98RP
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100
Jeb Dunnuck
Reviewed May 2024Presenting a more youthful appearance, the 2021 Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo is a complete wine already, with ripe, expressive fruit as well as notes of ripe cherry liqueur and pressed flowers. While the oak is going to need time to come together, the wine simultaneously displays broad tannins, power, weightlessness, and an intense mineral drive. It evolves rapidly in the glass, developing notes of pure cinnamon, and continues to reveal more layers over time.
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Professional Reviews
99
James Suckling
A rather exotic and wild Sori San Lorenzo. Even flamboyant. Dried flowers and spices with bark, mushroom and dried dark cherry. Perfumed and primary with earth. Full-bodied and juicy with such fine velvety tannins that are layered and superb. So classic and soft on the palate with great length. Give this four to five years, but a classic in the making. Try after 2029.
98
Wine Advocate
Last to be tasted and the most powerful in this series of single-vineyard wines is the Gaja 2021 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo. This vintage delivers striking intensity that is focused and pure. Dark berry fruit is surrounded by spice, earth and licorice. The tannins are quite present in the San Lorenzo, especially in this vintage, and ideally this bottle should see many more years of bottle evolution. With so many decades of family history behind this site, San Lorenzo's excellence is an enduring symbol of the creativity and expertise of the Gaja legacy.
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Staff Reviews
OC
Review Date: 02/2026
The powerhouse. Closest to the river and the warmest site, the 2021 is wild and balsamic. It is brooding, tannic, and intense—a wine that demands patience.
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| Origin | Piedmont, Italy |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1972334 |