G.D. Vajra Bricco delle Viole 2021
G.D. Vajra Bricco delle Viole 2021
2021
Bottle
750ml
Regular price
$ 89.99
The 2021 Barolo Bricco Delle Viole is more refined and complete at this tasting, with more depth than the Coste delle Rose, exhibiting notes of raspberry liqueur, pressed flowers, sweet herbs, and fresh earth. A very pure and well-balanced vintage for this wine, it really shines with exceptional detail, offering even tannins and a balanced, seamless structure throughout. It feels as though this wine will offer the broadest window for enjoyment, thanks to its purity and length, which are quite profound. Drink over the coming decades. In the cellar, it underwent 51 days of submerged cap maceration, followed by 24 months of cask aging before being bottled.
98 Pts Jeb Dunnuck
The organic G.D. Vajra 2021 Barolo Bricco delle Viole first shows a fragile side, but it eventually rolls onto much greater momentum and focus as it opens in the glass. This is always one of my favorite wines from this excellent producer, and I love it especially thanks to its fine nuances of redcurrant, pressed flower and something a little savory like peat moss. There is a hint of ashy stone or brimstone. All of these little details emerge with terrific sharpness in an epic vintage such as 2021. Fruit comes from a seven-hectare plot at 400 to 480 meters in elevation on Sant'Agata marl soils with marine fossils.
97 Pts Wine Advocate
Characteristics
Red Wine
Savory and Classic
Grape Variety
Nebbiolo
Pairs well with
Lamb
Wine Critic Scores
98
Jeb Dunnuck
97
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
G.D. Vajra Bricco delle Viole, Barolo DOCG, Italy 2020