G.D. Vajra

Albe Barolo

2020

Barolo

Piedmont

Italy

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GEE DEE VAY-ra AL-bay Ba-RO-lo

Varietal

Nebbiolo

Flavors & Quality

Sour Cherry

Asphalt

Anise

Organic

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Palate Character

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.

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