The fresh and just ripe strawberry aromas really come through here, together with some licorice and floral highlights. Medium to full body with fine, focused tannins that are vertical and bring your palate down through the wine. A solid and beautiful wine for the vintage. Try after 2025.
Gaja's Conteisa vineyard is in Cerequio in La Morra. The vineyards face south with a clay-limestone soil with a large presence of sand. The 2018 Barolo Conteisa has some sweet ripe cherry, pretty red fruits and sweet spice notes, with maybe a hint of rose. There is just a beautiful seamless texture and weightless quality to the wine with super-refined tannins which are integrated into the wine. The finish has a lovely freshness. It is sublimely elegant and harmonious. Begin to drink in one year and keep for up to 20. Right now I prefer the 2018 Barolo to the 2017 - it is more harmonious, the tannins are more integrated and it has a juicy delicacy.