Gaja - Sori Tildin Barbaresco 2017 (750ml)
James Suckling: 98 Points
Extremely perfumed with strawberries, flowers, cherries and hints of ash and tar. Medium to full-bodied with tightness and raciness to the tannins. Polished, too. Very, very persistent. Try after 2022.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
A mix of earth, wild herb, cherry and plum flavors mine the rich texture in this intense red, which is well-balanced and lively, with a lingering aftertaste echoing the fruit and adding a mineral element. Gains polish with air.
Vinous: 95 Points
The 2017 Barbaresco Sori Tildin is quite powerful and broad in this vintage. A Barbaresco with real punch, Sori Tildin offers terrific persistence adn plenty of drive. Naturally, it is very much embryonic at this early stage. I can't remember a young Sori Tildin with this much body and weight.
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
The Gaja 2017 Barbaresco Sorì Tildìn opens to a luminous ruby appearance with pretty crimson highlights. This vintage appears lighter in color and concentration compared to past editions. The bouquet delivers a purity and sharpness nonetheless, but it offers less overall fruit. It shows subtle berry tones with blue flower, aniseed and candied orange peel. This very young Sorì Tildìn takes time to open, and it remains on the nervous side even after it has been given ample time in the glass. The best course of action is to wait until the 10-year mark before opening this bottle. It needs that extra time to soften and flesh out.
