The winemaker's most colourful wine - as many as 6 grape varieties are harvested in stages. Each grape variety waits until it is fully ripe. The fermented grape juice is aged in stainless steel tanks for 18 to 24 months. A small proportion of the wine is aged in second-hand oak barrels.
The medium-toned pomegranate-coloured wine has aromas of dark plums, blackberries, rose petals and spices. In the mouth, the wine is medium in intensity, with flavours of fresh cherries, blackberries.
Serve at 16-18 °C with traditional Italian dishes (e.g. pasta with Bolognese sauce), grilled pork or poultry dishes, pizza.
The Vajra family has farmed Bricco delle Viole, the highest cru in Comune di Barolo, since the 1880s. At the young age of fifteen, Aldo Vajra embraced the dream to revive his family legacy. Displaying a vision and commitment belying his young age he took over the estate in 1968, turning a new page.Aldo soon acquired the first organic certification of the region (1971), created private biotype selections (selezioni massali) of Nebbiolo and Dolcetto, pioneered the renaissance of Freisa, a noble yet forgotten local grape (1980) and the cultivation of Rhine Riesling in Piemonte (1985).Today, the Vajra family continues the vineyard research focusing on the influence of soil and climate change. The winery is trail-blazing the rediscovery of Chiaretto di Nebbiolo and the wines of the 17th century – long before Barolo was created - through two limited-production wines: “N.S. della Neve” (a champagne-method rosé nature) and “Claré JC”, a partial whole-cluster fermentation of pure Nebbiolo.High elevation vineyards are a unique factor to the Vajra wines, for their ability to express finesse and remarkable complexity over power
