G.D. Vajra

Albe Barolo

2020
Barolo
Piedmont
Italy
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GEE DEE VAY-ra AL-bay Ba-RO-lo
Varietal
Nebbiolo
$40
Flavors & Quality
Sour Cherry Sour Cherry
Asphalt Asphalt
Anise Anise
Organic Organic
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Palate Character

Balance & Finesse 2 Rich & Full 2 Light & Bright 2 Smooth & Silky 2 Round & Fleshy 2 Tone & Backbone 1 Powerful & Extracted 2 Bright & Crisp 2
Tone & Backbone
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Tasting Notes
Medium-plus bodied with ample structure. The aromas & flavors, reticent at first, unfold with sour, red and black cherry fruit, tobacco, rose, leather, finishing with asphalt and spicy anise.
COLOR
Medium Red/Ruby
BODY
TANNIN
ACIDITY
SWEET
ALCOH.
14%
GRAPE(S)
Nebbiolo
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Why this wine made the cut…
A rarity: Complex Barolo at $40.
Barolo, Piedmont
GRAPE VARIETAL(S)
Nebbiolo
100% Neb-BYO-lo
Nebbiolo is not only Piedmont’s, but also one of Italy’s most esteemed grape varietals, producing Tone & Backbone expressive, age-worthy wines. Nebbiolo is planted on south facing hillsides with the best wines planted on calcareous marl soil to the north and south of Alba in Barbaresco and Barolo. Nebbiolo tends to be pale in color, with brick notes with age that appear earlier than most other red wine varieties. In its youth, it has crisp acidity and high tannin, and with time displays ethereal perfumed aromas of including, cherries, tar, smoke, licorice, roses, and violets.
Country / State
Italy
Region
Piedmont
Sub Region
Barolo
Producer
G.D. Vajra
Winemaker(s)
Aldo Vajra
Vintage
2020