1990

Vinmøte Kim 30.8.18

Cote Rotie Cotes Brune et Blonde 1990, Guigal
Floral, noe eim av rått kjøtt, karakterfull CR med jernoksid og fremdeles floral. En god flaske som Kim har hatt i kjeller`n i 20 år. Litt skrinn nå og bør drikkes. 92 poeng


Chateau Palmer 1990, Margaux
Aromatisk, ekstrem nese, rik, kaffe og fløte. Fantastisk nese; det har den alltid hatt. Kim kjøpte denne "en-primeur" i sin tid. Noe brett/urent, men her blir det faktisk en kledelig unote. 94 poeng.


Barolo Conteisa Cerequio Gromis 1990, Gaja
Noe bunnfall, ikke en typisk Barolo stil. Frisk og overraskende bra. Delikat og kjølig, kan faktisk ligge lenger. 90 poeng

In 1995 Gaja bought a propriety in La Morra. The property is 10 hectares, almost all included in the Cerequio vineyard. The winery (an obsolete building which they do not use) had a stock of older vintages. It took them a bit of time to understand what they had.

The propriety was named Gromis. The stock that was in the cellar was inspected, some vintages have not been sold because they did not like the quality, but some other vintages were very good (1970, 1982, 1989, etc) so Gaja released them with the label Barolo Gromis.

CONTESIA CEREQUIO BAROLO was the label Gaja devoted for the best Cerequio parcells (some vintages were already in the barrels at the moment of the acquisition, for example 1991 or 1993). So for those wines they took care of the last part of the ageing.

In 1996 Gaja decided to devote 4 hectars in the heart of Cerequio cru for the production of Gaja Conteisa Langhe Nebbiolo DOC which (like all of Gaja's single vineyards …Costa Russi, Sori San Lorenzo, Sori Tildin and Sperss) is a blend of Nebbiolo and Barbera, in this case 92% Nebbiolo and 8% Barbera.

The rest of the propriety was allocated to the production of Barolo Gromis.

Over the years Gromis has changed.

1. The name has been changed to Dagromis (which in Italian means "From Gromis").

2. Since 2001 the wine is produced not only with La Morra grapes but also with Serralunga grapes. Gaja family owns two proprieties in Barolo area - one in LaMorra and one in Serralunga (from which Sperss is produced). Serralunga gives quite austere and structured personality to Nebbiolo while LaMorra gives the most gentile and elegant character. Dagromis is the expression of both.