Wine Gaja, Sori Tildin, Langhe DOC, 2015
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Tasting Notes
Wine rich ruby red color.
The wine shows a dense, dry, well-structured and balanced taste with fine-grained tannins mellow, pleasant minerality and exciting tones of fruit. Long aftertaste decorate notes of ginger, rose petals and cedar combined with nuances of smoke.
Complex and delicate aroma of the wine is woven from flavors of red currant, strawberry, mocha, graphite and spices.
Wine will be a wonderful pair with dishes of meat, poultry or game, it also goes well with cheese.
Interesting Facts
Gaja, Sori Tildin, Langhe DOC - incredibly harmonious wine from Angelo Gaja, with great aging potential (some vintages can be stored up to 40 years or more). Powerful, rounded, elegant structure, ripe tannins and rich taste. In 1967, Angelo Gaja acquired a vineyard in the province of Barbaresco and gave him the name Sori Tildin. Tildin - short name of Clotilde, grandmother Angelo Gaja - Clotilde Ray. It was a great woman who played a very important role in the history of the family of Gaia. Sori, in translation from the Piedmontese dialect, "top of the hill on the south side," due to the location of the vineyard. Gaja, Sori Tildin born from grape varieties Nebbiolo and Barbera. The berries are fermented in steel tanks at controlled temperature conditions for 3 weeks. Then the wine is allowed to stand 12 months in barriques, and then another 12 months in large oak barrels before the final maturity.
Brand Gaja was founded in 1859 by Giovanni Gaia, the great-grandfather of the current owner Angelo Gaja, and for 5 generations, is owned by the family Gaia. To date, Gaja Winery owns vineyards with a total area of 250 hectares, located in the province of Tuscany and Piedmont. Angelo Gaja began its work in the family business in 1961, after completing their education in oenological Institute of Alba and the University of Montpellier (he later received a degree in economics from the University of Turin). Angelo has repeatedly visited France and inspired by modern and traditional techniques of French wine makers began to use the experience gained in the production of their own wines. His magnetism, charm and poetic reflections on the nature of the wine Angelo Gaja make one of the most respected and beloved figures in the wine industry in Italy. In 2011, the magazine «Wine Spectator» Angelo Gaja named one of the best winemakers in the history of Piedmont and Tuscany.
Producer's description
The Gaja brand was founded in 1859 by Giovanni Gaia, the great-grandfather of the current owner Angelo Gaia, and has been owned by the Gaja family for 5 generations. Today Gaja Winery owns vineyards with a total area of 250 hectares located in the provinces of Tuscany and Piedmont. Angelo Gaia began working in the family business in 1961, after completing his studies at the Oenological Institute of Alba and the University of Montpellier (he later received a degree in economics from the University of Turin). Angelo visited France more than once and, inspired by the modern and traditional techniques of French winemakers, began to apply the experience gained in the production of his own wines. His magnetism, charm and poetic reflections on the nature of wine make Angelo Gaia one of the most respected and beloved figures in the Italian wine industry. In 2011, Wine Spectator magazine named Angelo Gaia one of the best winemakers in the history of Piedmont and Tuscany.
