2020 Gaja "Sperss" Barolo

Name: 2020 Gaja "Sperss" Barolo
SKU: 1986866
Price: 549.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 97.33333333333331 (3 reviews)

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Jeb Dunnuck

Reviewed May 2024

The 2020 Barolo Sperss is a bright red color and reveals an incredibly floral profile of rose petals and ripe strawberries. Aromatically light on its feet, with a joyous feel, on the palate the structure is more focused and compact, with mineral undertones that weave through with more a defined nature. It needs more time, but this is a fantastic red to drink over the coming 30 years. (AF)

Professional Reviews

James Suckling

Review Date: 08/2024

Very spiced with deep, dark earth and forest aromas of black truffles, bark, mushrooms, licorice and iodine. Full-bodied and very reserved, with a linear and racy palate that goes on for minutes. Gunpowder highlights to the dark fruit and forest floor character. Structured. Try after 2028.

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 01/2025

Showing the power and the contoured definition that is typical of Serralunga d'Alba, the Gaja 2020 Barolo Sperss is a wine of greater brawn and intensity. Yet its power remains elegantly in line with the character of the vintage that is ultimately more subdued compared to 2019 or the upcoming 2021. It offers a complete photograph of its territory with rusty ferrous notes, orange peel, dark fruit and licorice. There is a fun end note of dark Amarena cherry to conclude. That hint of sweetness ties into elegantly chalky tannins. (ML) 97+

Notes

Sperss comes from the Marenca-Rivette area of Serralunga d’Alba, where Nebbiolo grows on compact clay and limestone marls with southern and southwestern exposures. The Gaja family acquired the property in 1988. For the 2020, the importer records thirty months of aging in oak. Wine Advocate describes dark fruit, orange peel and licorice supported by chalky tannins. The JebDunnuck.com assessment finds rose and strawberry aromas above a focused, compact palate.

Details

Type	Red Wine
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Origin	Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
Bottle Size	750 mL
SKU	1986866

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