What to expect
Expect a ripe, well-balanced wine with a long life ahead of it.
2 of the 22 years we cover for this wine were rated higher.
The year Excellent
Other vintages of this wine
One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.
Exceptional Excellent Very good Good Mixed Difficult
What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $21–$82 a bottle
We estimate it costs about $21 to $82 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.
Low estimate Imputed land cost: $4.91 Vineyard operations: $2.38 Oak barrels: $0.12 Winemaking labour and cellar work: $2.50 Cellar aging: $2.56 Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $3.90 Winery overhead: $2.50 Financing over the aging period: $2.42 $21 per bottle High estimate Imputed land cost: $27.43 Vineyard operations: $5.88 Oak barrels: $0.51 Winemaking labour and cellar work: $5.00 Cellar aging: $7.20 Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $10.40 Winery overhead: $6.00 Financing over the aging period: $19.66 $82 per bottle Imputed land cost Vineyard operations Oak barrels Winemaking labour and cellar work Cellar aging Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling Winery overhead Financing over the aging period US$ per 75 cl bottle at the winery, before any margin, tax or transport · Corkonomics cost model
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Producer Gaja The house that put Barbaresco on the auction block: about 100 hectares in Piedmont, single-vineyard Sorì San Lorenzo, Sorì Tildìn and Costa Russi, and a Tuscan portfolio.
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