Although Gaja is easily the most glamorous winery in Piedmont

hints of blood orange and white pepper on the aftertaste

Medium-full bodied with its secondary nuances of wet earth

kumquat and lemon zest with an emerging core of honey-drizzled white peach

but lacks the weight of fruit to really drive it on into the long term

Francois Lamarche, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2010 Although Gaja is easily the(from 3 different parcels, one at the bottom and two at the top but on opposite sides). A fresh, cool and perfumed nose of mostly red currant and cherry is liberally laced with notes of earth, underbrush and oak nuances. There is a very forward, even lush palate impression to the bigger, richer and more powerful flavors that also possess fine mid palate concentration though not necessarily better persistence. This too will need a few years of cellar