Gaja Barbaresco Costa Russi 2021 PET-NAT this wine is truly outstanding

this wine is truly outstanding

Concentrated and textural with nicely integrated tannins

Martin Texier steps into his own legacy with Cérouan

Serious malt production at this distillery did not begin until 1984

Filipe Ferreira makes this one at Quinta da Foz

Gaja Barbaresco Costa Russi 2021 PET-NAT this wine is truly outstandingFrom the producer who dragged Piedmont into the modern era. Angelo Gaja (born 1940) took over from his father in 1970 and revolutionized Italian winemakingintroducing single vineyard bottlings, French oak, and premium pricing to a region that had been selling Barolo by the demijohn. Costa Russi is a 4. 35 hectare southwest facing vineyard on clayey calcareous marl at 230 meters elevation. The 2021 Piedmont vintagedescribed as outstanding to