Gaja is today a winery that has almost 100 hectares of controlled property vineyards in Piedmont alone. The Gaja winery was founded in 1859 in Barbaresco, in the heart of the Langhe, and has always been recognized as one of the symbolic names in the production of Barbaresco. From the founder Giovanni to Angelo Gaja, this family has always sought quality. Piedmont is one of the most suitable regions for the production of great wines. Here, Nebbiolo often takes on the contours of poetry. Angelo Gaja, in the 1960s, had the merit of renewing traditions. This meant importing new techniques such as reducing production per hectare, greater control of the fermentation temperature, careful use of the barrique, and the use of longer corks. Gaja has thus been able to keep up with the times, without falling into the mistake of fossilizing in the wake of tradition. A success, that of Gaja, built with intelligence and intuition, inherited from the rigor and sacrifices of its predecessors and developed and consolidated in recent decades thanks to the formidable leadership of Angelo. Gaja has built around itself the image of a strong and essential brand, symbol of the greatness of Barbaresco and of a wine that knows how to tell the poetry of its territory in the glass. The wine The appearance is of an intense ruby ​​red color. On the nose there are pronounced notes of black fruits and white truffle. On the palate, however, the wine reveals itself to be full-bodied, opulent and complex. Here is a great wine coming from a 12 hectare vineyard and signed by Angelo Gaja, an authentic star of Piedmont. The vineyards enjoy a south-west exposure, an altitude of 300 meters and a soil of marl, clay and limestone. The wine is subjected to maceration and fermentation for 3 weeks. It is then aged for a year in barrique, then another 18 months inside traditional wooden barrels.