The 2007 Barbera d’Alba is a plummy, generous wine with terrific definition and focus in its aromas and flavors. There is a wonderful minerality that frames the long, delicate finish. Sweet raspberries, menthol, licorice and spices add complexity on the close. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2013.
Vajra is one of Piedmont’s best kept secrets. Here readers will enter a world of sublime hand-crafted, artisan wines of the very highest level. Aldo and Milena Vajra’s passion comes through in spades in these terrific new releases, which I can’t recommend highly enough.
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