Gaja & Rey 2005 euro 160,00
Product Information
Grapes
Chardonnay 100%
Producer
Piedmont is certainly an area where traditional values are jealously kept and innovation is generally greeted with austerity and mistrust. Angelo Gaja, thanks to his tenacity and his courage has done his Barbaresco wines of international fame and appreciation. He was the first to dare to innovate, this wine (60s), with techniques ranging dizzy after killing of production per hectare (for a higher quality), the inspection of tempertura fermentation, the use of long corks, and aging in barrique. The family arrives Gaja in Piedmont over 300 years ago from Spain. In 61 is born on the farm owned vinifying only grapes’. Since then starts to rise up to conquer the market internazionale.Gaja not designed to store, but the alchemy of the highest quality of grapes, not hesitating to sacrifice some of its production in years of adverse finally maintain a high quality standard. The successes and awards won on the field make of Angelo Gaja, the flagship of what you can ‘call’ Renaissance in wine “in Italian we are witnessing for some years.
The combination: It goes well with fish dishes and appetizers. Ideal as an aperitif.
Provenance
Italy – Piedmont,
Conservation
The limited production of grapes in the vineyard and aged in oak barrels to ensure this wine an excellent ability to maturity: from 8 to 15 years, depending on the year.
