2016 gaja, langhe, darmagi
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Why We're Buying
Gaja Darmagi Langhe is an artfully made offering from the Cuneo province situated on the Alps' eastern slopes. The red wine is made primarily of cabernet sauvignon (95) with small additions of merlot and cabernet franc before aging for 12 months in new French oak. Medium-bodied with ripe and integrated tannin, this timeless wine returned 37.7 on investment from 2017 to 2021.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Darmagi is a 100 expression of the grape, whereas past editions saw tiny parts of Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The fruit comes from a 2.5-hectare vineyard planted in 1978 directly under the town of Barbaresco, setting the stage for an elegant rendition of Cabernet Sauvignon with a fresh and contained style. The wine shows a nice balance between the extraction you get from the grape skins and the rich succulence you get from the pulp inside the berries. In the 2017, you taste more of the skins, and in the 2018, Gaia Gaja comments, you taste more of the pulp. The 2016 offers both, countering each other with precision. Whole grapes are pressed very gently, and the wine is aged in oak for 18 months, with less emphasis on new oak now. In fact, only 30 of the total sees new oak, and a greater percentage of the wine goes into large oak casks instead.