Gaja - Barolo Sperss 2020 (750ml)
Jeb Dunnuck: 98 Points
The 2020 Barolo Sperss is a bright red color and reveals an incredibly floral profile of rose petals and ripe strawber
James Suckling: 97 Points
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.
koKerin O'Keefe: 96 Points
The captivating 2020 Sperss opens with aromas of hazelnut violet French oak and ripe berry. The palate delivers juicy black raspberry licorice and ground clove before closing on a saline tang while firm fine-grained tannins remind us we?re in Serralunga. Fresh acidity keeps it balanced and energized. While it?s already tempting give it a few more years to fully come together. Drink 2028 through 2036. Abv: 14% Kerin O?Keefe April 2024 ©kerinokeefe.com
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2020 Barolo Sperss is a dark brooding wine. Black fruit leather incense game gravel and scorched earth convey the essence of Serralunga's seriousness. A touch of small oak torrefaction character actually works well in this wine. - By Antonio Galloni on September 2024 These new releases from the Gaja family are impressive. Generational succession is the single greatest threat to the long-term survival of family-owned wineries in Italy. Although there have naturally been some bumps in the road the Gajas have navigated this tricky phase exceptionally well. That takes an older generation that can let go and a younger generation that is capable of taking over neither of which is by any means a foregone conclusion. Today?s wines are increasingly marked by grace and understatement along with the strong expression of site that has always been a calling card for the vineyard designate Barbarescos and Barolos. The 2021 Barbarescos lead the way this year. Sorì Tildin and Sorì San Lorenzo are especially fine. It was not an easy vintage. Frost and cold weather during flowering lowered yields in some spots. Even so the wines are pretty special. These days the Barbarescos and Barolos see 45-60 days on the skins. Aging takes place first in French oak barrels and then cask. There?s a bit more French oak influence in Sperrs much less so in the other wines.
Wine Spectator: 96 Points
Reduced aromas are earthy with flashes of cherry and raspberry fruit. The flavors are fresh and lively with fine precision and a tightly wound structure boosting the notes of cherry raspberry iron tobacco and underbrush. The excellent length on the mineral-infused finish indicates this wine's future potential. Best from 2029 through 2050. 400 cases imported.
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