Scavino Barolo Bric del Fiasc 2004

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Published July 6, 2010 at 9:27 a.m.
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Scavino Barolo Bric del Fiasc 2004 ... Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric del Fiasc is the finest wine from the Scavino vineyards seemingly year on year, but the 2004 vintage is a masterclass in balance. It appears as though the true potential of Bric del Fiasc has now been realised, a project of over 30 years, and I'm looking forward to seeing if the Scavinos can raise the Barolo bar once more - vintage permitting ... Paolo Scavino has long been a favourite producer for Piedmont fans in the know,

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Dante Rivetti Mara Barbera d'Alba 2007 DOC Piedmont

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.
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From Bricco di Neive in Piemonte, this Barbera is sourced from a single vineyard. Many of the best regional producers like Gaja and Bruno Giacosa often source from this very same hillside ... It's medium-body belies it's fleshy and sexy textures. Aromas of red cherries and plums paired with multi-layered flavors of dried herbs, chocolate. Following the curves into a resinous, brambly, blackberry & raspberry jam, white pepper on the back end and showing soft tannins with very bright acidity ...

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Wine: Roll out the barrel | Victoria Moore

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Published Jan. 15, 2010 at 7:05 p.m.

Ever hear someone say they don't like oaky wine? Chances are what they really mean is they don't like cheap oaked wine ... "I don't like oaky wine," people sometimes tell me, screwing up their faces. But what does oaky mean, anyway? Oak is one small word that encompasses a thousand different ways in which wood is used to change the taste of a wine. We often talk in terms of American (which typically imparts a vanilla-like flavour), French and Slavonian (commonly used in chianti) oak, but trees

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Langton's auctions fabulous old Bordeaux, Italy, Alsace

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Published Dec. 4, 2009 at 7:09 a.m.
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Old and rare Bordeaux including Chateaux Lafite, Mouton, Haut Brion, and Pichon Lalande, great vintages from Gaja, Ornellaia, Isole e Olena, Vega Sicilia and other rare wines are being auctioned online now ...

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Gaja, Moueix, Chapoutier dazzle at Decanter event

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Published Nov. 23, 2009 at 9:33 a.m.
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Angelo Gaja, Christian Moueix and Michel Chapoutier held guests spellbound at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter at the weekend ...

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King of the hill: Tim Atkin on Angelo Gaja's wines

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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 7:05 p.m.

Angelo Gaja's Barolo is the pride of Piedmont. But if your pocket won't stretch, he has some classy neighbours… ... A visitor to Angelo Gaja's winery in Barbaresco fell to his knees on a recent tasting tour and tried to kiss the great man's hands. "Please get up," Gaja told him, "I'm not the Pope." He may not be the Supreme Pontiff, but Gaja is a big name in Piedmont. "Did you hear about this guy called God walking around pretending to be Angelo Gaja?" runs one local joke. The fact that Gaja

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Nicolas Catena honoured as Decanter Man of the Year

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Published Sept. 18, 2009 at 11:21 a.m.
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Michael Broadbent, Angelo Gaja, Baron Eric de Rothschild, Serge Hochar and other iconic figures of the wine world have paid tribute to Decanter's Man of the Year 2009 – Nicolas Catena ...

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Gaja Barbaresco 2004

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Published Feb. 19, 2009 at 5:37 a.m.
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Gaja Barbaresco 2004 ... Though Gaja Barbaresco 2004 is now a couple of vintages old it didn't really give me the excuse I needed to drink it. So I'm going to blame it on the credit crunch. This may be a £100 bottle of vino but I already own it, so in real terms, that makes it free right? And free wine is the most delicious wine of all. OK, so it didn't have 10+ years of age on it and was no where near its drinking window, but it was still incredible wine and if the Italians refuse to wait

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1990 Gaja Barolo Sperss, 375 ml, List Price: $189.99

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Published Jan. 11, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.

1990 Gaja Sperrs 750 ml ...

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Ca del Bosco Cuvee Annamaria Clementi

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Published Sept. 11, 2008 at 7:51 a.m.

Annamaria ... Annamaria ... is the top bottling of Lombardy power-producer Ca ... Faced with last nights choice of sparkler I had to make a toughie between Ca ... Annamaria ... and the ... Extra Brut. I opted for this wine for two reasons. Firstly, I've drunk so much this year it's borderline obscene and secondly, because the Ca ... comes from Lombardy, a region I have continually neglected since the beginning of the blog ... is a huge outfit and the most famous wine maker internationally

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