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1961: Angelo Gaja joins the family winery. To increase fruit concentration in grapes, he begins the first experiments in shorter pruning of Nebbiolo vines (8-10 buds per vine instead of the usual 20-24).
The Gaja family decides to produce wines exclusively from estate-owned vineyards. Owning no vineyards in Barolo, the winery discontinues Barolo production.
1967: First vintage of Sorì San Lorenzo single-vineyard Barbaresco to be vinified separately (released 1970).
1969: The Gaja Winery begins experimental barrique aging of Barbaresco.
1970: First vintage of Sorì Tildìn single-vineyard Barbaresco to be vinified separately (released in 1973).
1974: The Gaja Winery is equipped with a nitrogen filling system to protect wine against oxidation at bottling.
1975-1976: First vintage of Gaja Barbaresco to be aged in barriques.
1977: Founding of Gaja Distribuzione, which imports and distributes within Italy some of the best wines and wine accessories from other countries.
1978: First vintage of Costa Russi single-vineyard Barbaresco to be vinified separately (released in 1981). The Darmagi Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard is planted in Barbaresco.
1979: The Gaia & Rey Chardonnay vineyard is planted in Treiso (first vintage released in 1984).
1981: The Gaja Winery is equipped with temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation tanks.
1982: First vintage of Darmagi to be vinified (released in 1985).
1983: Sauvignon Blanc is planted in the Alteni di Brassica vineyard in Barbaresco. This is the first Sauvignon Blanc vineyard in the area.
1988: Acquisition of a 70-acre property, of which 30 acres of Nebbiolo are devoted to the production of Barolo Sperss (first released in 1992).
1994: Acquisition of the Pieve Santa Restituta estate in Montalcino, Tuscany.
1995: Acquisition of the Gromis property in La Morra for the production of Barolo Conteisa Cerequio.
1996: Acquisition of the Ca'Marcanda property in Castagneto Carducci (Bolgheri), Tuscany.
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