4 Ratings
Gaja Langhe Sori Tildin
Wine Description
This Piedmont beauty is dark in color and beautifully compacted on the midpalate, where it displays gorgeous blackberry, black cherry, mint and spicy oak notes. Tannins are firm and ripe. A serious red that needs time. Best from 2002 through 2008.
Expert Reviews
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International Wine CellarRating: 95(+?) - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 117, November/December 2004 ($346) Ruby-red. Highly complex aromas of violet, minerals, smoke, game and coconut. A step up in flesh and richness from the Cos ta Russi. Very broad, dense and sweet but at the same time quite elegant and light on its feet. Very long and ripe on the aftertaste, with the wine's firm tannic structure covered by fruit. This has it all! (My bottle of the Sori San Lorenzo was simila...
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Antonio GalloniRating: 95/100 - As reviewed by Piedmont Report in Issue 7, May 2006 The 1999 Sorì Tildìn is a knockout wine. It offers a classic, expressive nose of flowers and spices and somewhat austere profile of sweet red fruit, minerals and menthol on a mid-weight frame. It is the hardest of these wines to read today, but I found myself coming back to it often and discovering new nuances with each taste. It is clearly a wine of much potential and should start to drink well in anothe...
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Wine AdvocateRating: 93/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 149 on Oct-03
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Wine SpectatorRating: 94/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator
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Wine Enthusiast

dried cherries