2001 Angelo Gaja Sori San Lorenzo RP--95 WS--96

Wine Spectator: 96 Points
Score: 96 Release Price: $350 Current Auction Price: $235 Country: Italy Region: Piedmont Issue: Oct 31, 2005 Designation: Collectibles A very silky wine with berry, cedar and tobacco character. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a fresh finish. Lovely. Seductive and racy. Very long indeed. Strength yet finesse. Best after 2007. 970 cases made. –JS

Robert Parker: 95 Points
Wine Advocate # 167 Oct 2006 Antonio Galloni 95 Drink: 2009 - 2025 $213-$450 (385) The 2001 Sori San Lorenzo is the deepest and darkest of the single-vineyard wines from Barbaresco. It boasts a penetrating nose of tar and minerals along with very rich sweet dark fruit on a massive, structured frame of great thrust and length. It is a wine that will clearly require patience and reward cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2025.