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2020 Gaja "Costa Russi" Barbaresco

2020 Gaja "Costa Russi" Barbaresco

97JS
95-97JD
96VN
95RP
$749.99

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James Suckling

Reviewed June 2023
Lavender and sage with berries and dried strawberries, but so perfumed and subtle. Medium- to full-bodied with very fine tannins that are totally integrated with finesse and beauty at the end. Caresses your palate. Best after 2028. (JS)

Professional Reviews

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Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 05/2023
The 2020 Costa Russi was also tasted from barrel and takes on more depth and concentration from the Barbaresco, though is beautifully floral and expansive, with notes of wild strawberry and lavender. Medium-bodied, with fantastic length and persistence, this beautiful wine is showing incredibly well at this early stage prior to release, but it does have a bit more tannin structure that will benefit from more time in bottle over the next year or so. (AF)

96

Vinous

Review Date: 04/2024
The 2020 Barbaresco Costa Russi is a classy, polished wine. Dark cherry, plum, mocha, new leather, licorice and lavender all take shape. As always, Costa Russi is the most supple and charming of the Gaja Barbarescos in the early going. (AG)

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 04/2024
The Gaja 2020 Barbaresco Costa Russi has a rose and floral note that emerges at first, and it doesn't have the heavy dark earth or cured leather aromas that we get in the Barbaresco. This wine is focused on fruit tones, bright ones, and those nuances are juicy, generous and long. There's more youth in this wine, and the tannins are extremely fine and silky. Count on this wine to improve with age. (ML)

Notes

Costa Russi occupies the lower part of the hillside beneath Sorì Tildìn, within the commune of Barbaresco. For 2020, Gaja's importer identifies a southwest-facing vineyard of clay and calcareous marl, at roughly 230 meters, with vines averaging 65 years. The wine is entirely Nebbiolo, and Costa Russi has been bottled separately since 1978. The 2020 underwent about three weeks of fermentation and maceration before two years in oak. Wilson Daniels' vintage sheet describes strawberry and plum, followed by red currant and herbal detail as the wine opens.

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalNebbiolo
OriginBarbaresco, Piedmont, Italy
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1997572
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