
2019 G.D. Vajra "Ravera" Barolo
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Kerin O'Keefe
Reviewed February 2023Intensely fragrant, G.D. Vajra’s stunning 2019 Ravera features aromas of violet, iris, red berry, baking spice and menthol. It’s luminous, elegantly structured and focused, offering sour cherry, raspberry, star anise and crushed mint alongside taut, refined tannins.
Professional Reviews
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Wine Advocate
The organic G.D. Vajra 2019 Barolo Ravera (with fruit from the most sought-after cru in the village of Novello) reveals gorgeous tonality and color. The wine shines bright with dark ruby and garnet gemstone. Healthy Nebbiolo colors like this can be admired across the 2019 vintage. Ravera represents a union of different geologies from Barolo and Castiglione Falletto. The site has shown extraordinary versatility, especially in the face of climate change, to make wines of both strength and elegance. It is softly textured but also strong in fiber, with silky sensations followed by dark fruit and concentration. Ravera has a character all its own, and the operative word here is power. (ML)
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Wine & Spirits
This wine feels coiled at first, its dark cherry flavors encased in rigid, ferrous tannins that gradually relax as the cherry fruit turns brighter with raspberry highlights. Cool notes of thyme and bay leaf rise up as vibrant acidity surges through the flavors, intertwining with the tensile tannins to create a wine of impressive structure and freshness.
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Vinous
The 2019 Barolo Ravera is redolent of red fruit, mint, chalk, white pepper and orange peel. A Barolo of tension and energy, the 2019 is intensely bright and saline to the core. I would not dream of touching a bottle anytime soon. This is an especially taut style, even for Vajra. (AG)
Details
| Origin | Barolo, Piedmont, Italy |
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| Type/Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| SKU | 1688823 |

