| Producer | Gaja |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 521912 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Tasting Notes: The Gaia & Rey opens slowly, with delicate aromas of white flowers before flooding the palate with tropical and orchard fruit flavors well-integrated into the extremely creamy, luxurious mouthfeel. With time in the glass, passion fruit, some exotic spice notes and buttered bread begin to come forward. This oak on this incredibly complex white wine made from Chardonnay is beautifully integrated, and the finish is lovely with great tension and energy.
Estate History: The winery's historic Gaia & Rey Chardonnay is a wine that not only reshaped the legacy of the house itself, but also redefined Piedmont as one of the truly great winemaking regions of the world. Named after Lucia and Angelo Gaja's daughter, Gaia Gaja, and Angelo Gaja's grandmother Clotilde Rey (the family's great matriarch and one of its most forward-thinking visionaries), Gaia & Rey was first bottled in 1983 and released the following year. With this historic bottling, Angelo Gaja showed the world that exceptional white wines could be produced in the Langhe Hills, where red wines had been produced almost exclusively before. He also delivered to the world what is now considered one of the greatest white wines of Europe, a truly remarkable accomplishment in a country where red grapes have historically dominated the realm of fine wine.
