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About this wine
Barolo Bricco delle Viole 2021 from G.D. Vajra is a red wine from Barolo DOCG, MGA Bricco delle Viole (comune di Barolo), Piedmont, Italy. The published blend is 100% Nebbiolo.
The tasting card
Producer
G.D. Vajra
Wine
Barolo Bricco delle Viole
Vintage
2021
Region
Piedmont, Italy
Appellation
Barolo DOCG, MGA Bricco delle Viole (comune di Barolo)
Grapes
100% Nebbiolo
Sweetness
Not published
Farming
No verified farming claim
Alcohol
Not published
Total acidity
Not published
Residual sugar
Not published
pH
Not published
Tasting note
elegance and breed; Nebbiolo peel, violets, crushed flowers, dark red fruits, incense, balsamic tones; deep and silky; integrated tannins; black currant, eucalyptus; mineral core
From the producer's tech sheet for the 2021 vintage, in the sheet's own words, shortened.
Winemaking
From the producer's tech sheet for the 2021 vintage. Only what the sheet prints.
Aged for
24 months
Aged in
large Slavonian casks of 25 and 50 hectoliters
Made
traditional vinification in custom-designed vertical tini; gentle punch downs; maceration under submerged cap lasted 51 days; malolactic in stainless steel
Awards
None published.
Structure
A bar appears only where the producer published a number. Measured figures come from the producer's technical sheet; the body bar is inferred from alcohol and labelled that way.
This producer publishes none of these numbers for this wine, so no bar is drawn. None of the producer technical sheets behind these wines publishes tannin as a number, so no wine gets a tannin bar.
This high-altitude, late-ripening site was picked between 13-18 October in 2021. Thick-skinned, healthy grapes saw a long, slow fermentation with a lengthy 51-day submerged cap maceration. It is quite a substantial, mouthfilling Bricco delle Viole that requires further ageing to assimilate. Complex aromas of cinnamon, brushwood, violet, mint and cherry blossom emerge with intertwining headiness. There is fleshy richness to the dark berry core, but it is neatly and tightly corseted by the suede-textured tannins. Youthful tension is amplified by signature linear acidity. Hints of liquorice and juniper percolate on the finish.