GD Vajra, Barolo Bricco Viole other_regions_italy

GD Vajra, Barolo Bricco Viole other_regions_italyThe 2016 Barolo Bricco delle Viole is going to need a few years to emerge, but it has all the qualities to develop into a truly special wine. Dark red purplish fruit, hard candy, mint, lavender and sweet spice give the 2016 striking inner perfume. On the palate, the 2016 is a tightly wound, classically austere Barolo that will especially delight readers with traditionally leaning palates. In this late ripening vintage, there is a great balance of

seamless and alluringly sweet

) Harmony and complexity will still take time

6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot

Perhaps this is a little sharper than the 2015 at the moment without the same roundness or depth

25% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot from organic and biodynamic certified vineyards on granite soils

This historic estate based in Verduno is renowned for its Monvigliero bottling

Finishes with chalky tannins and a continuing element of greenness

grape production was reduced by half anyway

Wine doesn t get any better

powerful and structured

Here too there is just enough wood to notice on the much spicier and sauvageinflected nose of red currant

Aromas of ripe