Name: Gaja, Sorì San Lorenzo
Brand: Gaja

Sorì San Lorenzo is Gaja's single-vineyard Nebbiolo (with a little Barbera) from a 3.6-hectare site, aged in barrique and large cask; production is a few thousand bottles. Labelled Langhe Nebbiolo from 1996 to 2012 and Barbaresco again from 2013.

Made by: Gaja
From: Barbaresco, Piedmont
Style: RedNebbiolo, Barbera
Bottles made in a typical year: 12.0K

The kind of wine

Barolo single-cru

A top Barolo from one famous vineyard in north-west Italy. It is made from the Nebbiolo grape and rests for more than three years before it is sold.

What a bottle like this costs to make

A glass of brick-red wine on an old cask in a brick cellar of very large oak casks

Good years and bad

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

ExceptionalExcellentVery goodGoodMixedDifficult

The essentials

The wine and its economics

Every year in a tableHow each year was rated, and the price the producer first asked

Release price is what the producer first asked for a bottle. A dash means no price was published.
Vintage	How the year was rated	Release price	How rare (0–100)	The growing season
2021	Excellent	—	74
2020	Very Good	—	75
2019	Excellent	—	75
2018	Good	—	76
2017	Good	—	76
2016	Exceptional	—	76	Even season; released to universal praise; prices for the top crus rose sharply.
2015	Very Good	—	77
2014	Mixed	—	77
2013	Excellent	—	78
2012	Good	—	78
2011	Good	—	79
2010	Exceptional	—	79	Long, cool growing season; a classic structured vintage widely rated the best of the…
2009	Good	—	79
2008	Very Good	—	79
2007	Very Good	—	80
2006	Very Good	—	80
2005	Good	—	80
2004	Excellent	—	80
2003	Mixed	—	80
2002	Difficult	—	81
2001	Excellent	—	81
2000	Very Good	—	81

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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.

One standard bottle, at the winery door. Built in US dollars and shown in your chosen currency.
Component	Low	High
Imputed land cost	$4.91	$27.43
Vineyard operations	$2.38	$5.88
Oak barrels	$0.12	$0.51
Winemaking labour and cellar work	$2.50	$5.00
Cellar aging	$2.56	$7.20
Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling	$3.90	$10.40
Winery overhead	$2.50	$6.00
Financing over the aging period	$2.42	$19.66
Estimated winery production cost	$21.28	$82.08

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Recent auction resultsWhat bottles of this wine fetched when collectors sold them

Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.
Sale date	Vintage	House and sale	Format	Lot price	Per bottle
Dec 2025	2000	Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting, Day II (sale 24692) · lot 711	5 × 75 cl	$1,750	$350 with premium
Dec 2025	2001	Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting, Day II (sale 24692) · lot 710	4 × 75 cl	$1,375	$344 with premium
Dec 2025	2007	Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting, Day II (sale 24692) · lot 708	6 × 75 cl	$2,375	$396 with premium
Jun 2025	2000	Christie'sThe Cellar of William I. Koch: The Great American Collector Day II (sale 24201) · lot 886	6 × 75 cl	$2,500	$417 with premium
Feb 2025	2004	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23932) · lot 45	6 × 75 cl	≈$2,480	≈$413 with premium
Feb 2025	2000	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23932) · lot 44	8 × 75 cl	≈$2,480	≈$310 with premium
Oct 2024	2000	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23133) · lot 337	2 × 75 cl	$687	$344 with premium
Jun 2024	2001	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Historical Vintage Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23061) · lot 365	12 × 75 cl	≈$3,969	≈$331 with premium
Dec 2022	2007	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 20971) · lot 553	6 × 75 cl	$1,500	$250 with premium
Nov 2022	2008	Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 21214) · lot 6425	6 × 75 cl	≈$1,354	≈$226 with premium
Nov 2022	2003	Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits (sale 21214) · lot 6424	12 × 75 cl	≈$2,708	≈$226 with premium
Sep 2022	2014	Christie'sThe Treasury: Finest Wines from a Peerless Collection (sale 21095) · lot 445	1 × 300 cl	≈$1,158	≈$1,158 with premium

All lots on record

The detailsClassification, grapes, bottle sizes and the rest

Producer

Gaja

Region

Piedmont

Appellation

Barbaresco

Classification

Barbaresco DOCG (Langhe Nebbiolo 1996–2012)

Style

Red

Grape composition

Nebbiolo, Barbera≈ 95%

Bottle sizes

750 · 1500 ml

Bottles made in a typical year

12,000 bottlesTrade reporting

First vintage made

1967

Great years

7 of 22 rated excellent or exceptional

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Sources

Gaja, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.

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