Sori San Lorenzo
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2046
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-braised beef, roasted wild game such as venison, and rich pasta dishes featuring shaved white truffles.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sori San Lorenzo is one of the most legendary single-vineyard bottlings from the Langhe hills of Piedmont, first released by the visionary Angelo Gaja in 1967. The word 'Sori' translates in Piedmontese dialect to a south-facing hilltop where the snow melts first, indicating prime sun exposure, while 'San Lorenzo' refers to the patron saint of Alba's cathedral. Acquired by the Gaja family in 1964, this site is celebrated for producing the most powerful, structured, and muscular of Gaja's single-vineyard crus. Composed of 100% Nebbiolo grown in calcareous clay and limestone soils, the wine undergoes a meticulous aging process in both French barriques and traditional large oak casks. It is famous for its brooding complexity, showing deep notes of dark cherry, wild herbs, leather, and tar.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1859 by Giovanni Gaja in the village of Barbaresco, Piedmont, Gaja has evolved into one of the world's most celebrated and visionary wine estates. The house was catapulted to international acclaim under the transformative stewardship of Angelo Gaja, who revolutionized Italian viticulture by pioneering green harvesting, temperature-controlled fermentations, French barrique aging, and single-vineyard bottlings. Today, alongside legendary Nebbiolo expressions such as Barbaresco, Sorì San Lorenzo, and Sperss, the family crafts benchmark whites like Gaia & Rey, fine grappas, and acclaimed wines from their Tuscan estates in Bolgheri and Montalcino. Uncompromising in quality and innovation while deeply rooted in their heritage, the Gaja family produces intensely expressive, structured, and age-worthy masterpieces that define modern Italian fine wine.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Nebbiolo