The 2016 Barbaresco Costa Russi is a more floral, sappy Barbaresco, offering textbook notes of black cherries, rose petals, sappy herbs, and violets. It’s one of the more vibrant, juicy, and perfumed wines in the lineup and has medium to full body, bright yet integrated acidity, and the same incredibly polished yet certainly present tannins found in all these 2016s. This is another elegant 2016 that never puts a foot wrong.
2016
Gaja Costa Russi Langhe-Barbaresco 2016 6x75cl 98+/100 JD
Top Score: 98+ points
“Lovely, long and caressing finish. Gorgeous again.”
Price IN BOND
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£1,400.00 6 x 75cl Bottles
1 in stock
| Colour | Red |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
98+ points Jeb Dunnuck
98 points Vinous
The 2016 Barbaresco Costa Russi is ripe, creamy and enveloping, as it so often is, and yet also preserves the super classic sense of structure that runs through all these wines. In 2016, Costa Russi has an extra touch of mid-palate sweetness that gives the wine its sense of immediacy. Succulent red cherry, rosewater, kirsch, mint and dried flowers meld together in the glass. Soft and sensual, with tons of allure, Costa Russi is another winner from Gaja. Time in the glass brings out the wine’s density and tannins, both of which it has in spades.
97 points James Suckling
Beautiful dried strawberries, flowers and cedar with hints of tar. Full body, round and rich tannins with lots of cedar, tar and tobacco, as well as a hint of chocolate powder. Lovely, long and caressing finish. Gorgeous again.
