Sori del Turco Nebbiolo
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2033
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-braised beef, fresh pasta with shaved white truffles, and aged cheeses like Castelmagno.
✨ Technical Specifications
While the legendary house of Gaja is globally renowned for its single-vineyard Nebbiolo masterpieces from Barbaresco and Barolo—such as Sorì San Lorenzo and Sorì Tildìn—any Nebbiolo expression associated with the Gaja name carries immense heritage. In the Piedmontese dialect, 'Sorì' denotes a prime south-facing vineyard slope of exceptional quality, where the snow melts first under the winter sun. Gaja's historical approach to Nebbiolo revolutionized the region, introducing shorter fermentations, temperature control, and French barrique aging alongside traditional large oak casks. This approach tames Nebbiolo's formidable tannins while preserving its haunting aromatic complexity of dried roses, tar, red cherries, and forest floor, backed by the signature limestone and clay soils of the Langhe hills.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1859 by Giovanni Gaja in Barbaresco, Gaja is among the most influential dynasties in modern Italian viticulture. The estate's global stature was fundamentally transformed by fourth-generation icon Angelo Gaja, who introduced temperature-controlled fermentation, French barrique aging, green harvesting, and single-vineyard bottlings to Piedmont. Viticulture across the Langhe's classic calcareous marls focuses on biodiversity, soil vitality, and organic tenets tailored to climate adaptation, eschewing rigid certification schemes. Gaja is celebrated worldwide for its benchmark Nebbiolos—notably the flagship Barbaresco DOCG alongside historic single-vineyard crus Sorì San Lorenzo, Sorì Tildìn, and Costa Russi—and its Barolo cru Sperss. In addition to peerless expressions of Nebbiolo, the family revolutionized Piedmontese whites and Bordeaux blends through benchmark bottlings like Gaia & Rey Chardonnay, Rossj-Bass, and Darmagi. Today, the estate is led jointly by Angelo and his children Gaia, Rossana, and Giovanni.