Italie Angelo Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Sugarille 1996 Bouteille (75cl)
The Brunello di Montalcino Sugarille 1996 from Pieve Santa Restituta, crafted by Angelo Gaja, is a Tuscan red wine originating from the single-vineyard plot of Sugarille. Sugarille refers to both the vineyard and the wine, with its name appearing in parish records as early as the 16th century. This unique south-facing parcel covers approximately 4,5 hectares and rests primarily on clay and limestone soils with the presence of marl. The 1996 vintage belongs to the early years of Sugarille under Gaja's management, whose first harvest for this cuvée was 1995.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- Italie
- Région
- Toscane
- Appellation
- Brunello di Montalcino
- Producteur / Domaine
- Angelo Gaja
- Cuvée
- Sugarille
- Millésime
- 1996
Angelo Gaja
Gaja is a family-run estate founded in 1859 in Barbaresco, Piedmont. It cultivates its own vineyards in the Barbaresco and Barolo areas and produces mainly wines made from Nebbiolo grapes. The fifth generation of the family, represented by Gaia, Rossana and Giovanni Gaja, now runs the business.
- Owner
- Famille Gaja (Gaia, Rossana et Giovanni Gaja)
- Maître de chais
- Rossana Gaja
- Surface (ha)
- 100.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 350 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Gaja estate was founded in 1859 in Barbaresco by Giovanni Gaja. Five generations of the family have since succeeded one another at the helm of the business. Clotilde Rey, followed by her son Giovanni Gaja, played a key role in shaping the estate’s focus on quality and in the acquisition of plots in Barbaresco, including Sorì San Lorenzo, Sorì Tildìn and Costa Russi. In 1961, the estate decided to vinify only grapes from its own vineyards and made Barbaresco its flagship wine. From the late 1960s onwards, it began to highlight the specific plot origins of certain wines. Angelo Gaja then introduced agronomic and oenological changes, notably higher planting densities, green harvesting, controlled winemaking temperatures and the use of barriques alongside large vats. The family expanded its operations into Tuscany with the acquisition of Pieve Santa Restituta in Montalcino in 1994, followed by Ca’ Marcanda in Bolgheri in 1996. Gaia, Rossana and Giovanni Gaja now represent the fifth generation at the helm of the company. Rossana Gaja is currently in charge of production.
Sugarille
Sugarille is a Brunello di Montalcino exclusively from a single south-facing plot with predominantly clay-limestone soils containing marl. Made from Sangiovese, it is a distinct wine explicitly commercialized under the name of this plot.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- Sugarille is the historical name of the parish estate, recorded in an inventory drawn up in 1547 by canon Giovanni Sampieri. Gaja specifies that this name designates both the plot and the wine.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1995
- Style of the cuvée
- A concentrated and structured Brunello with a complex profile combining ripe fruit, wild cherry, violet, spices, and mineral notes, featuring integrated tannins and a notable aging potential.
- Position within the range
- Single-vineyard Brunello from Pieve Santa Restituta, alongside Rennina and above the estate's blended Brunello.
Histoire de la cuvée
The Sugarille wine already existed with the 1990 vintage, before Pieve Santa Restituta was acquired by the Gaja family in 1994. The first vintage produced by Gaja is 1995. The site name has been documented since the parish inventory of 1547.
