I’ve always been a fan of Marchesi di Gresy, but I’ve never gotten TRULY excited about the wines. On reflection, the Gaiun Martinenga bottling is the only bottling I’ve ever had, and I know it is their more modern Barbaresco, raised entirely in barrique, as opposed to the Martinenga and Camp Gros Martinenga which are raised in barrique for 6 months then in botti for 12-18 months or so. I think I need to try a Martinenga / Camp Gros Martinenga or two and form a fuller opinion. No matter, though, the following wine was really a quality bottle and these wines are very ageworthy.
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1996 Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Gresy Barbaresco Martinenga Gaiun - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco (7/22/2009)
Dark and deep wine with licorice, creosote styled tar, balsam, some spice and quite dark dried fruits. Pretty ripe stuff but still very fresh, somewhere between primary and showing genuine development, I’ll call it a hair too young and on a glacial path of evolution. With more air the sweetness and oak spice signature become a bit more pronounced and somewhat get in the way for me. Give it 4-5 years more cellaring with an easy 10-20 year maturity window. Stylistically this is polished and modern - not a bad thing, just what it is. Good stuff any way you slice it, just a stylistic issue to determine whether this is “quite nice” or “omfg”
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