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Widely rated one of the great vineyard sites in Italy, named after Angelo Gaja's grandmother Clotilde. One small south-facing slope in Barbaresco, all Nebbiolo, two years in oak. Vivino drinkers score it 4.6 out of 5 across 4,891 ratings.
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Gaja's own notes name sandalwood, cinnamon and violet. Vivino's 913 written reviews name leather, tar and smoke more than anything else. Both are true, at different ages.
Violets and dried rose come first, then tar and leather from the years in bottle. Gaja's own notes for the recent vintages add sandalwood, cinnamon and a clear strawberry note. Vivino drinkers mention earthy smells more than any other kind, 267 times.
Rose petal
Violet
Cherry
Strawberry
Tobacco
Tar
Forest Floor
Leather
LiquoriceFull and generous rather than heavy, with tannins that grip but stay soft. The wine spends a year in small French barrels and a second year in big casks, which keeps the wood in the background. Cherry and strawberry sit under liquorice and tobacco.
Long, savoury and dry, with the tar and dried-flower notes that mark older Nebbiolo. Antonio Galloni called the 2006 the most focussed and energetic of Gaja's three hillside wines.
Critics call this the most delicate of Gaja's three Barbaresco hillsides. Vivino drinkers score it 4.6 out of 5 across 4,891 ratings.
Ten years of this wine are on sale here. The oldest bottles are often cheaper than the newest, because buyers chase the latest critic scores.
Strong on food and built to keep. Weak on price, and hard work for anyone new to Nebbiolo.
One of the most famous single hillsides in Italy, from the estate of Angelo Gaja, who Decanter says changed Italian wine. Prices start in the hundreds, so it lands as a milestone bottle.
Barbaresco DOCG demands 26 months of ageing before release, and Gaja gives it two years in oak. Vinous puts the 2020 in a drinking window that runs to 2050.
Firm but sweet tannins and lively acidity handle braised beef, truffle and aged mountain cheese. Chilli heat and raw fish are the only real misses.
A very good Barbaresco from the Produttori del Barbaresco growers costs about £45 in UK shops. This one starts at roughly seven times that, and the extra buys rarity and a famous name rather than more pleasure per pound.
Older Nebbiolo tastes of tar, leather and dried flowers, which surprises anyone expecting ripe fruit. At this price it is not the bottle to learn on.
A wine that costs hundreds and wants twenty years is not a Tuesday bottle. Gaja's own Sito Moresco does that job for about £53.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Barbaresco denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
1985, 2001, 2006 and 2021 all rate five stars in Barbaresco. 1993, 2003 and 2017 were harder years that gave softer wine, ready sooner.
Gaja calls it the driest year the Langhe has on record. The estate counted 113 days without rain from a light snowfall on 8 December to the end of March, before the vines had even budded. Rain finally came in May, and two rainy days in August then saved the crop. Gaja compares it to 2003, a year that looked poor then aged well, and Vinous suggests waiting until 2028.
April frost and July mildew cut the crop, yet the grapes came in small and full of aroma. Vinous scored this 98, the best of the recent releases, and suggests 2027 to 2041.
Rain fell in summer instead of spring, but wide day and night swings in September and October saved the colour and the aromas. Vinous scored it 97 and gives it until 2050, so there is no hurry.
A hot, dry year with almost no rain for two months. The vines grew smaller bunches and berries with thicker skins, and the crop was down about 30%. James Suckling gave this 98 points, and Vinous suggests drinking it between 2025 and 2037.
Gaja calls it the driest year the Langhe has on record. The estate counted 113 days without rain from a light snowfall on 8 December to the end of March, before the vines had even budded. Rain finally came in May, and two rainy days in August then saved the crop. Gaja compares it to 2003, a year that looked poor then aged well, and Vinous suggests waiting until 2028.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Barbaresco DOCG asks for 100% Nebbiolo and 26 months of ageing. Between 1996 and 2012 Gaja added a little Barbera and labelled these wines Langhe DOC instead.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Barbaresco is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Barbaresco falls within Piedmont, covering Cuneo, Langhe: Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso and Alba's San Rocco Seno d'Elvio fraction. The denomination is further divided into 4 sub-zones.
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Every bottle comes from a single slope above Costa Russi, about five football pitches of vines. Wine Spectator counted 800 cases of the 2005 and 1,050 of the 2001, which is under 13,000 bottles in either year. There is no second plot to top it up from.
The wine spends a year in small French barrels, then a second year in big casks, then more time in bottle. That is three years of Gaja's money tied up before anyone can buy it.
A very good Barbaresco from the Produttori del Barbaresco growers costs about £45 in UK shops. Sorì Tildìn starts at roughly seven times that and reaches more than twenty. Most of the gap is the name and the hillside, not extra work in the cellar.
James Suckling gave the 2017 98 points. Antonio Galloni gave the 2021 98 and the 2020 97. Scores like that keep collectors bidding, and merchants price to match.
UK duty on a 75cl bottle at this strength is just over £3, on Hedonism's February 2026 table. VAT is a sixth of the shelf price, so a £600 bottle carries exactly £100 of it.
The 1993 came from a middling Barbaresco year and is the cheapest bottle on this page, even though Hedonism shows only one left. Buyers pay for the newest score, not the oldest cork.
Dishes that go with this wine
Italian shops suggest pasta with a meat sauce, roast white meats and poultry. Piedmont's own answer is braised beef and white truffle, both from the hills around this vineyard.
Slow-cooked beef melts the grip out of the tannins, so the wine tastes rounder and the meat tastes sweeter. Sorì Tildìn is a bold dry red whose tannins are already soft and sweet, which is why it works on braises that would flatten a firmer Barolo.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Bollito dei Pastori · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Fiorentina steak · More pairings →
White truffle and porcini push the earthy, tarry side of this Barbaresco forward, and its dried-rose scent lifts the plate back up. Leather, tar and smoke are the flavours Vivino drinkers name most often on this wine.
Try with: Tajarin al Tartufo · Truffle risotto · Porcini mushroom risotto · Agnolotti del Plin · More pairings →
A tomato ragu is sharp, and a wine with matching acidity tastes softer beside it rather than sour. This is what Italian shops recommend for Sorì Tildìn, a dry red with lively acidity: first courses under a meat sauce.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Anelletti al forno · Maccheroncini di Campofilone · More pairings →
The acidity clears the fat off aged cheese, so each mouthful tastes fresh instead of clogged. Gaja's own notes call this Barbaresco full and voluminous, and it needs a dish with enough weight to meet it.
Try with: Fonduta · Polenta alla Valdostana · Frico · Caciocavallo farcito · More pairings →
Roast game has a savoury, faintly iron edge that meets this wine head on, so neither side gets buried. Italian merchants suggest roast white meats and poultry for it, and a full-bodied dry red like this Nebbiolo sits right there.
Try with: Coniglio alla ligure · Vitello Tonnato · Porchetta · Spezzatino di pecora · More pairings →
Chilli makes firm tannins taste bitter and metallic, and the wine turns hard in the mouth. Raw fish and citrus dressings strip the fruit out and leave tar and leather on their own. A crisp dry white like Gavi, from the same corner of Piedmont, handles both far better.
Skip with: Green curry · Ceviche · Sashimi · Oysters · Pairing guide →
Vinous gives the 2020 a drinking window that runs to 2050, and the 2015 to 2045. Lay bottles on their side somewhere cool and dark and they will outlast most cellars.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Barbaresco DOCG demands 26 months of ageing before release, and Gaja gives it two years in oak. Vinous puts the 2020 in a drinking window that runs to 2050.
£325.00 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumYes, for most vintages. The 1996 to 2012 bottles were labelled Langhe DOC, because Gaja added a little Barbera to the Nebbiolo. From the 2013 vintage the wine went back to Barbaresco DOCG and to 100% Nebbiolo.
It comes from one small hillside, about five football pitches of vines, and there is very little of it. Wine Spectator counted 800 cases of the 2005 and 1,050 of the 2001. That is under 13,000 bottles for the whole world. A very good Barbaresco from the Produttori del Barbaresco growers costs about £45 in UK shops. Bottles here start at roughly seven times that and reach more than twenty times.
Sori is the local word for a slope that faces south. Tildin was the family nickname for Clotilde Rey, Angelo Gaja's grandmother. The vineyard sits on a hill in Barbaresco, just above Gaja's Costa Russi.
It depends on the year. The 1985, 1993, 2001, 2003 and 2006 are all ready now. Vinous suggests waiting until 2027 for the 2020 and the 2021, and until 2028 for the 2022.
Braised beef, white truffle and hard mountain cheese. Italian shops also suggest pasta with a meat sauce and roast poultry. Skip chilli heat and raw fish, which make the tannins taste bitter.
Neither is better, they taste different. Critics call Sorì Tildìn the softer and rounder of the two, and Sorì San Lorenzo the firmer one. Gaja makes both from single hillsides in Barbaresco.
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