Gaja, Darmagi Vintage:2017 (from several lieux-dits including ~20%

(from several lieux-dits including ~20% from the 1er Les Chaumes)

A restrained and cool nose combines notes of green apple and pear with those of lemon rind and white flower that

There is good richness yet fine detail to the lightly mineralinflected medium-bodied flavors that possess fine focus

mineral- and spice-laced finish

at once velvety and nicely delineated thanks to ripe

Gaja, Darmagi Vintage:2017 (from several lieux-dits including ~20%The 2016 Darmagi (Cabernet Sauvignon) is classy and polished, with good varietal character and impeccable balance. Crme de cassis, menthol, licorice and lavender all develop in the glass in this unctuous yet mid weight, wonderfully expressive, Cabernet Sauvignon. Darmagi will never be a truly great Cabernet Sauvignon, but it is a very fine Gaja wine that reaches this level because of Angelo Gaja's iron clad will and determination to make it so.