G.D. Vajra, Barolo Bricco delle Viole, 2010 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale The acidity is bright

The acidity is bright

producing Barolos with finesse

and at twenty-four years on it is drinking exactly as intended: gentle

First estate wines came in 1984

They are blessed with a broad collection of 1er cru level sites in some of the great villages of area including Vrigny (home to one of Egly-Ouriet’s most famous parcels)

G.D. Vajra, Barolo Bricco delle Viole, 2010 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale The acidity is brightBricco delle Viole is Vajra's crown jewel: by the family's own account the highest vineyard in the comune of Barolo, climbing to 480 meters on the cool, breezy ridge above Vergne. That altitude gives this wine its signature lift, perfume and freshness, plus the structure to age for decades. The 2010 came from one of the truly great, long lived modern Barolo vintages, prized for its balance and ageworthiness. At fifteen years it is entering a beautiful