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Gaja 2006 Costa Russi Nebbiolo (Langhe)

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Price $420

Purchased by the Gaja family in 1967, the Costa Russi vineyard produces elegant expressions of Nebbiolo with beautifully saturated, sun-drenched flavors. Indeed, this vintage shows wild berry with beautiful background renderings of smoke and graphite. Five percent Barbera is added and the wine shows amazing harmony and sophistication with bright acidity and firm… — M.L. (5/1/2011)

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Gaja 2009 Costa Russi Nebbiolo (Langhe)

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Price $495

Costa Russi presents a dark wall of ripe fruit and an exotic spice shading that give momentum and power to the finish. There are also notes of plum, dark chocolate, tobacco, licorice and tar. The quality of the tannins is firm and polished; this should evolve over many years to come. — M.L. (9/1/2012)

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Gaja 2001 Costa Russi Red (Langhe)

Price $350

Darker, richer and earthier than Gaja’s Barbaresco, picking up notes of coffee, vanilla and toast as well. Yet on the palate there’s wonderfully bright cherry-raspberry fruit and masses of lush, velvety tannins that will give this wine plenty of life in the cellar. Drink 2012–2030. — W.E. (7/1/2005)

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Gaja 2005 Costa Russi Nebbiolo (Langhe)

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Price $445

Costa Russi (a vineyard purchased by Gaja in 1967) produces a feminine wine with an emphasis on elegance and harmony, rather than power and succulence. Bright red fruit, smoke, cedar, cola and polished mineral notes create a beautiful embroidery of aromas and the wine’s firm but composed tannins bring the mouth alive. Keep it in your cellar 10 years or more. — M.L. (4/1/2009)

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