Winery NotesSperss is a term affectionately used to denote nostalgia for precious things lost with time – a homage to the origins of the winery and the generations who built it. When the Gaja family decided to stop acquiring fruit from outside growers and bottle only estate-grown grapes, in 1961, it was a bold and difficult move. It would help to ensure a high standard of quality, but it also meant that for the first time in the winery’s history, they would not be able to produce a Barolo. In 1988, nearly three decades after that fateful decision was made, the GAJA winery purchased a 30-acre farm in Serralunga d’Alba and rechristened it Sperss.
Tasting NotesAroma: Fresh notes of dark berry fruit (mulberry and blueberry) and spiciness with aromas of liquorice, nutmeg, leather and candied orange peel. Taste: This wine shows mouth-filling fruit concentration well balanced by powerful, compact and sweet tannins. The Sperss 2013 merges the authentic Serralunga character, earthy and full-bodied, with the freshness and the elegance which are the features of this vintage.
Vintage NotesThe 2013 vintage is a historic vintage for the GAJA Winery. For the first time since 1996, the single-vineyard wines are 100% Nebbiolo. 2013 is a vintage of elegance, purity and straightforward terroir-expression.
Vineyard NotesThe Sperss vineyard location in Serralunga, on the eastern side of the Barolo district, contains the appellation’s oldest sub-soils, which produce what many consider to be the greatest expressions of Barolo.
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