Vynas gana egzotiškas, laukinis, spalvingas. Pilnas ir sultingas, su smulkiais sluoksniuotais aksominiais taninais. 2021-ųjų derlius pasižymi stulbinančiu intensyvumu:džiovintos gėlės, prieskoniai, grybai, džiovintomis tamsios vyšnios, laukinės avietės, spanguolės jaudina nosį.
Pjemontietišku dialektu Sorì reiškia kalvos šlaitą, nukreiptą į pietus, San Lorenzo šventasis Albos miestelio katedros globėjas. 1964 m. Gaja šeima nupirko šį vynuogyną iš bažnyčios.
Sorì San Lorenzo vietovėje derlius paprastai nurenkamas pirmiausia dėl pietinės vynuogyno ekspozicijos, nes jame vyrauja šiltos oro srovės.
Vynas brandintas ąžuolo statinėse ir didelėse ąžuolinėse talpose, nefiltruotas.
Tiekti 16-18 °C temperatūros prie jautienos didkepsnių, mėsos troškinių su miško grybais/ trumais ant griliaus keptų žvėrienos dešrelių, ilgo brandinimo sūrių.
A rather exotic and wild Sori San Lorenzo. Even flamboyant. Dried flowers and spices with bark, mushroom and dried dark cherry. Perfumed and primary with earth. Full-bodied and juicy with such fine velvety tannins that are layered and superb. So classic and soft on the palate with great length. Give this four to five years, but a classic in the making. Try after 2029.
Last to be tasted and the most powerful in this series of single-vineyard wines is the Gaja 2021 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo. This vintage delivers striking intensity that is focused and pure. Dark berry fruit is surrounded by spice, earth and licorice. The tannins are quite present in the San Lorenzo, especially in this vintage, and ideally this bottle should see many more years of bottle evolution. With so many decades of family history behind this site, San Lorenzo's excellence is an enduring symbol of the creativity and expertise of the Gaja legacy.
Gaja perched a top a steep hill in the Langhe sits the small village of Barbaresco, home of the Gaja winery. The story of the Gaja Winery can be traced to a singular, founding purpose: to produce original wines with a sense of place which reflect the tradition and culture of those who made it. This philosophy has inspired five generations of impeccable winemaking. It started over 150 years ago when Giovanni Gaja opened a small restaurant in Barbaresco, making wine to complement the food he served. In 1859, he founded the Gaja Winery, producing some of the first wine from Piedmont to be bottled and sold outside the region. Since that time, the winery has been shaped by each generation’s hand, notably that of Clotilde Rey, Angelo Gaja’s grandmother. Her passion for uncompromising quality influenced and informed Angelo Gaja. Through Angelo, these values have become the cornerstone of the Gaja philosophy and are engrained in every aspect of wine productionIn 1961, Angelo Gaja began his mission of bringing this great winery to an even higher level. He was the first to use barriques, 225-liter French oak barrels. Under his direction, Gaja pioneered the production of single-vineyard designated wines and was the first to plant Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc varietals in Piedmont. He was also instrumental in elevating the native Nebbiolo grape to world-class esteem.Angelo Gaja is joined by the fifth generation of the Gaja family – his daughters Gaia and Rossana and his son Giovanni. Together they continue to advance the winery’s legacy. To fully realize their vision, all Gaja wines are produced exclusively from grapes grown in estate-owned vineyards, including 250 acres in Piedmont’s Barbaresco and Barolo districts as well as estates in Pieve Santa Restituta (Montalcino) and Ca’Marcanda (Bolgheri). It is from these storied vineyards, and their terroir – the combination of soil, weather and vines that grow upon them, that Gaja wines reveal their true heart and soul.
