with tobacco

While distinctly different from the Santa Cruz Mountain releases

definition

The 2007 Châteauneuf du Pape la Combe des Fous is the more pure

Gaja, Darmagi other_regions_australia with tobaccoThe 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.