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2018 Barolo, Ravera, G.D. Vajra, Piedmont, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Nebbiolo
Not ready
Walter Speller
17++/20
Antonio Galloni
93/100
James Suckling
93/100
Product: 20188205793
2018 Barolo, Ravera, G.D. Vajra, Piedmont, Italy

Description

This comes from a five-hectare plot with a mix of soil types, located in a south to south-east facing amphitheatre at an altitude of 320-340 meters. It’s rich and ripe on the nose, with plush sweet fruit, smoky savoury spice and a balsamic lift. A wine of deceptive power, with drive and vibrant energy, and a touch of salinity on the finish.

Drink 2026 - 2040

Adrian Brice, Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Nebbiolo
Body Full Bodied
Producer G. D. Vajra

Critics reviews

Walter Speller 17++/20
Novello. The grapes were harvested on 10 and 14 October and the wine stayed on the skins for 58 days with submerged cap. Aged in large Slavonian oak casks of 25 and 50 hl. Bottled 7 July 2021.Lustrous mid ruby. Subtle, fragrant and concentrated and with fantastic depth and earthy minerally notes. Cherry and raspberry fruit with a hint of damson. Richly tannic adding chew to the juicy elegant fruit. On the finish, quite a bit of tannins that still need to integrate into the very long fruit finish. Compact and pithy. Drink 2023 - 2030Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2021)
Drink 2023 - 2030
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2021)
Antonio Galloni 93/100
The 2018 Barolo Ravera is a powerful, tightly wound wine. Gravel, smoke, cured meats, spice, leather, tobacco and menthol emerge, but only with quite a bit of reticence. This deceptively mid-weight Barolo has a good bit of brawn. It will be interesting to see if the fruit emerges from behind the tannins.Drink 2026 - 2043antonio_galloni, Vinous.com.com (Feb 2022)
Drink 2023 - 2030
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Feb 2022)
James Suckling 93/100
Rich, ripe mixed berries and perfumed bark on the nose. Medium-to full-bodied with some lightly firm tannin giving support to the fruit. Lacks the complexity of recent vintages, but has a promising core. Give it a while to broaden out. Try from 2024.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (Jan 2022)
Drink 2023 - 2030
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Jan 2022)

About this wine

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region.
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G. D. Vajra

Based in Vergne, the highest village in the commune of Barolo, GD Vajra is a relatively young estate. It was established by Aldo Vajra in 1972, when he was just 16. His father had planted vineyards in 1947 but called Aldo “mad” when he followed his childhood dream to become a winemaker. Taking over the family estate in 1968, he became one of the early pioneers of organic farming, and in 1971 the estate became one of the first in Piedmont to be organically certified. Until now, Vajra’s wines have somewhat flown under the radar, but it’s with good reason that the estate has been described as “one of Piedmont’s best kept secrets… with sublime hand-crafted, artisan wines of the very highest level”.
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