“A rather exotic and wild Sori San Lorenzo. Even flamboyant. Dried flowers and spices with bark, mushroom and dried dark cherry. Perfumed and primary with earth. Full-bodied and juicy with such fine velvety tannins that are layered and superb. So classic and soft on the palate with great length. Give this four to five years, but a classic in the making. Try after 2029.” – 99 points – James Suckling

Last to be tasted and the most powerful in this series of single-vineyard wines is the Gaja 2021 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo. This vintage delivers striking intensity that is focused and pure. Dark berry fruit is surrounded by spice, earth and licorice. The tannins are quite present in the San Lorenzo, especially in this vintage, and ideally this bottle should see many more years of bottle evolution. With so many decades of family history behind this site, San Lorenzo's excellence is an enduring symbol of the creativity and expertise of the Gaja legacy. 98 points, drink 2027-2055, Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate.

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‘Sori San Lorenzo’ was the first single-vineyard bottling of Barbaresco Gaja made. This vineyard is located just south of the village of Barbaresco within the Secondine cru. Its first vintage was 1967. The vineyard, ‘Sori San Lorenzo’ , was the favourite of Angelo’s father, Giovanni, as he believed it offered the best expression of Barbaresco. ‘Sori’ means the top of the hill that faces the sun and is considered the best site. This vineyard is almost 3 hectares and faces directly south. It is located closest to the Tanaro River valley and feels the impact of the warm air currents from the river; it’s the first to ripen and to be harvested. The soils of Sori San Lorenzo are also very special because of the clay and high concentration of limestone. Some of the oldest vines of Gaja are planted in this vineyard. The wines from the Sori San Lorenzo vineyard are austere in their youth, and the biggest in terms of the structure - tannic and concentrated – in comparison to the other three single-vineyard Barbaresco's Gaja makes. Sori San Lorenzo wines require a longer period of ageing than the other vineyards to be ready to enjoy. These wines also tend to be the longest lived of the three single-vineyard Barbarescos” – Fine wine experience

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