Gaja, Gaia & Rey Vintage:2018 This youthfully imploded Chardonnay will

This youthfully imploded Chardonnay will need a few more years in bottle to approach its peak and should also age very well

but couldn’t have asked for better teachers than Angelo and Lucia Gaja

licorice and sweet spices

this wine is now a candidate for drying out given its hollow middle and hard

Gaja, Gaia & Rey Vintage:2018 This youthfully imploded Chardonnay willBright yellow. More reticent on the nose than the 2007, hinting at stone fruits and toast. Gives a sweeter impression on entry, then turns a bit more clenched in spite of its fleshiness and inherent pliancy, showing considerable power and structure. A classically dry, broad chardonnay with flavors of pear and peach pit complicated by well integrated toasty oak.