GD Vajra, Barolo Bricco Viole

GD Vajra, Barolo Bricco VioleThe 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

lengthy and ever-so-slightly warm finale

The color is a sensational black/purple and the nose offers gorgeously intense aromas of black plums

which flirts with perfection

Drink 2015-2024

The highly textured

Give it another couple of years to develop complexities

whereas the 2012 vintage is able to hide some of its ripeness within the general fleshiness and succulence of the fruit

75 ha parcel of vines averaging 35 to 40 years of age)

The richness really comes through on the finish

bursting from the glass with notes of candied violets

corpulent textures

richness and concentration to the big-bodied mineral-driven flavors that also display an abundance of palate coating dry extract on the tremendously long finish