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How to serve:
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16 - 18°C |
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1 h |
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xtraWine |
 87/100 |
2011 |
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Show legend awards
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From this winery:
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Red wines
White wines
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| The Gaja family settled in Piedmont in the mid-seventeenth century. Four generations have succeeded in producing wine since Giovanni Gaja in 1859, founded the winery in Barbaresco in the Langhe. Angelo, son of John, is the second generation. He marri... |
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Gaja Langhe Dolcetto Cremes 2011
Dolcetto with beautiful purple red reflections,the nose feels good concentration of fruit, currant jam, black cherry and strawberry. In the mouth it is balanced and elegant, with good complexity, with a pleasant and persistent feeling of almond during the finish.
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This glass is fundamentally the same used for bodied and mature white wines, as a matter of fact it can be used the very same glass. This kind of wine, having rather aggressive tannins, when present, must mainly stimulate the inner parts of the mouth while avoiding, at least in the initial phase as the wine is introduced in the oral cavity, the contact with gum because the astringency would originate an unpleasing tactile sensation. The body of the glass must also be large in order to allow an adequate oxygenation and development of aromas. |