"The G.D. Vajra 2020 Barolo Bricco delle Viole is a very pretty wine with brightness and delicate aromas that remain etched and defined. You get dried violet or lilac tart cherry cranberry lavender essence rosemary and other perfumed Mediterranean nuances. Bricco delle Viole finishes dry and the tannins are on the powdery side giving the wine medium weight and a lean mid-palate." - Wine Advocate
"Rose petals, racy plums and cherries with subtle white pepper spices and mineral. The tight, full-bodied palate is grasped by fine, minerally textured tannins. Powerful, ample and vertical in the middle before a lengthy, mineral finish. Such a joy to taste now, but this would be better in two to three years." - James Suckling
"From one of the greatest of Barolo crus. Dried flowers, chamomile, almond, cherry and orange peel, and quite spicy and exotic with it. It offers red fruit, blood orange, a smattering of dried herbs, a rusty and stony feel to tannin, some of that classic BdV ‘mineral’ inflection, bright red fruits, plenty of freshness and crunch to acidity, with a crushed rock finish of excellent length. It’s perhaps a little more drying in tannin than is usual, though it’s sure to age gracefully." - Wine Front
"Fragrant and refined the G.D. Vajra 2020 Bricco delle Viole has heady aromas of wild berry fragrant purple flower and camphor. It?s polished and savory with great red cherry and raspberry fruit flavors accented by spicy notes of ground clove and white pepper. Tightly knit fine-grained tannins offer seamless support." - Kerin O'Keefe
"The 2020 Barolo Bricco delle Viole Vajra's flagship is very fine. Dark cherry kirsch blood orange spice and lavender are nicely amplified. The 2020 is gracious and elegant but its youthful Nebbiolo tannins will require some time to soften. The 2020 is another wine that captures my keen interests with its sublime balance. I would be thrilled to own it." - Vinous
"Gorgeous roundness after a light animal scent. A ballet dancer with muscles – including some delicacy." - Jancis Robinson
"Bricco delle Viole is like a cut of silk: pure, elegant, and ethereal. Born on the highest hill of Barolo, a promontory facing south, embraced by the Alps. It receives the first morning sun and the last ray of the evening. In autumn this vineyard seems to float above the fog, as if detached from time and light.
The vineyard features material from 1949 and successive plantings in 1963, 1968 and 1985. Bricco delle Viole possesses extremely white soils. Rich in limestone, magnesium and manganese, with the contribution of high altitude and the afternoon breeze, these soils create wines rich in finesse, floral aromas and freshness.
The old vines of Bricco delle Viole are the last to be harvested - a wait that makes our heart beat faster, because the weather can change rapidly in autumn. But the patience of the farmer knows that the wait will be rewarded with high aromatic complexity and extreme finesse." - GD Vajra
