1994 Barbaresco
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Tasting notes
This was a difficult year, apparently, with frost at flowering (so a small crop) and rain at harvest. Garnet with a touch of brick at the rim. Both more earthy and more floral than the 2004. Undergrowth, sweetness of fruit entwined with sweet rose notes. Lovely fresh energy. Some sweet cedar and a really minor leafiness. Intoxicating sweetness and decay and sweet cherry and plum. Touch of liquorice. Death in Venice sort of decadence. Then there’s a delicate perfume. Scented and so fine and papery tannins. Finishes dry and delicate. All the oak has disappeared. Long and paper-fine and dry. (JH)
Critic scores
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
About the producer
Gaja has been at the forefront of the Piedmont wine scene for many years and is Barbaresco’s most decorated producer. The winery has received a record number of Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri awards – the highest accolade from Italy’s leading wine publication.