Gaja Barbaresco Nebbiolo DOCG 2014 (Italy) Rated 98WE CELLAR SELECTION

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Wine Enthusiast Review
Rated 98
CELLAR SELECTION
This isn't just a great wine for what was a notoriously cool, wet vintage, it's quite simply a magnificent wine. Perfumed and loaded with finesse, it opens with scents of woodland berry, iris and baking spice while the vibrant, balanced palate doles out Marasca cherry, dark culinary spice, crushed herb and menthol. Refined tannins and fresh acidity provide the taut framework while a licorice note wraps around the finish. Gorgeous. Drink 2022–2034.

VinoUS Media Review
Rated 94
Gaja's 2014 Barbaresco is rich, super-dense, and inviting, with serious underpinnings of structure and the same classicism that made the 2013 so compelling. Dense and powerful in the glass, with explosive energy and tons of tannin, the 2014 is built for extended cellaring. Expressive floral and savory notes hover out of the glass in this super-expressive Barbaresco. This is one of the most tightly wound, intense versions of Gaja's Barbaresco I can remember tasting. Don't miss it. (Antonio Galloni)

Wine Advocate Review
Rated 94
Gaia Gaja tells me 2014 was one of the best vintages ever in Barbaresco, if not the best for her vineyards. She cites the prolonged growing season that continued at a slow rate during the cooler summer months only to speed up thanks to a heat spell at the very end, right before harvest. Nebbiolo loves slow maturity and a prolonged growth cycle: The 2014 vintage did indeed get off to an exceptionally slow start. The 2014 Barbaresco is not austere or astringent. Instead, it offers plump ripeness with rich fruit flavors backed by spice, licorice and tobacco. The wine offers good structure from the point of view of its tannins, yet there is no harshness or bitterness whatsoever.

James Suckling Review
Rated 93
Delicious nose of dried flowers, rosemary, sage, rose petals, blackberry perfume and walnuts. Full body, structured, round tannins, pretty acidity and a mouth-watering finish. Very well done for the vintage: one of the best.



The centerpiece of the portfolio, GAJA Barbaresco is a testament to the Gaja family's historic commitment to the appellation and its belief that Barbaresco stands proudly with the great growing regions of the world. Perfect fruit and tannin ripeness are the main features of this vintage. This Barbaresco results in a compact, mouth-filling, well balanced wine. The fruit expression prevails over the floral and spicy character, with red cherry and strawberry notes. Delicate hint of daisy and black pepper. On the palate, the wine reveals fresh and juicy red berry fruit aromas such as cherry, strawberry, and raspberry. The finish is almost balsamic with flavors of liquorice. Refreshing and fine-grained tannins.