Gaja, Angelo - Gaja Chardonnay Gaia & Rey 1988 750ml (750ml)

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Producer	Gaja, Angelo
Country	Italy
Region	Piemonte
Varietal	Chardonnay
Vintage	1988
Sku	WH1666
Size	750ml

 

Bursting with caramel, orchard fruits, potpourri, baking spices and crushed river rocks, this mature Gaia & Rey marries its tertiary notes with its freshness. This golden wine unfurls on the palate with a silky feel to offer a bevy of complex notes; its saline minerality offsets its inner perfume, and its slightly oxidized mouth-feel complements its vibrant acidity. This is a fine aged Chardonnay that does its maker, Angelo Gaja, proud. Deriving from Gaja’s almost nine-acre Treiso vineyard planted in 1979, this wine is named for Angelo Gaja’s oldest daughter, Gaia Gaja, and his grandmother, Clotilde Rey. Gaia & Rey ferments with naturally occurring yeasts, and ages for 6-8 months in oak barrels. This is an intensely age-worthy wine, developing tertiary notes of nuts, butter and caramel with age.

While rooted in the tradition of the Langhe, Angelo Gaja recognizes the Nebbiolo grape’s inherent flexibility that allows it to bend to the market’s desire for both oak-driven and tannic styles. Gaja has enriched this foundation with an open-minded sensibility that marries traditional practices and technological innovation, thereby extending Piemonte’s international reach. Gaja’s wines are among the world’s most acclaimed and sought-after bottlings. Gaja’s wines appreciate, trading at premium prices and invariably elevating the price standard in Piemonte, where Gaja’s primary 250-acre estate is located in the Barbaresco and Barolo districts. Striking, profound and age-worthy, Gaja's wines display opulence and elegance. When collectors consider Italian wines for their cellar, Gaja is one of the first names