2017 Angelo Gaja - Costa Russi Barbaresco DOCG

Falstaff Magazin – 94 pts – OK, SS: *Leuchtendes Rubingranat. Duftige und einnehmende Nase, Noten nach Blutorange, frischer Himbeere und Rosenblättern. Saftig und stoffig am Gaumen, breitet sich satt aus, öffnet sich dann mit viel griffigem Tannin, im Finale viel Druck, aber auch noch leicht trocknend.* - 10/2020

JancisRobinson.com – 17,5++/20pts – JH: *More developed than the Barbaresco 2019, with senescent red fruit but not yet that full tertiary undergrowth aroma. Gorgeously seductive while still being slim and lithe. Darker and more savoury than the Barbaresco, firmer and drier. Very long.* - 09/2022

JamesSuckling.com - 96pts - JS: *A pretty red with ripe-cherry, strawberry and floral aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied and very tight with a creamy, polished palate that goes on for minutes. Very fine and polished tannins. Give this two or three years to come more together. Better after 2022.* - 09/2020

Vinous.com - 94pts - AG: *The 2017 Barbaresco Costa Russi is gorgeous. Dark, layered and wonderfully inviting, the Costa Russi expresses the restrained style of the vintage and yet has terrific depth. Black cherry, plum, mocha, spice, leather and star anise build as this sumptuous, classically mid-weight Barbaresco shows of all of its pedigree. The 2017 is a lighter Costa Russi, there is no doubt about that, but this is also the most complete of the three single vineyard Barbarescos.* - 10/2020