2000 Angelo Gaja - BarbarescoColour : Red Producer : Angelo Gaja Label Name : Barbaresco Country : Italy Region : Piedmont Sub Region : Barbaresco Variety : Nebbiolo Vintage : 2000 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : RP92 Robert Parker Wine Advocate Tasting Note : The 2000 Barbaresco is beginning to show early tertiary qualities. Smoke, tobacco, cedar and dried cherries are some of the notes that emerge from the glass. Over time the Barbaresco gains a measure of freshness,

bursting from the glass with youthful aromas of honeyed pears

A really good wine

Wine Enthusiast (12/2016) Note: All images are for illustrative purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product

placing it firmly among the highest-scoring recent expressions of this cult Tuscan wine and confirming the estate’s extraordinary consistency at the top of Italy’s quality hierarchy across consecutive vintages

and moderate tannin

balsam herb and crushed limestone

Colour : White Producer : Heitz-Lochardet Label Name : Chevalier Montrachet Country : France Region : Burgundy Sub Region : Cote de Nuits Appellation : Gevrey-Chambertin Variety : Chardonnay Vintage : 2013 Capacity : 750 ml - Standard Bottle Rating : Burghound 93 Tasting Note : Like the Maltroie this is also reduced but more mildly and it seems more evident that the underlying fruit is ripe

confirming that even in a challenging vintage

very dense and backward

The finish repeats the cherry

This is a vineyard selection blend usually harvested slightly later

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