2020 G.D. Vajra Langhe Rosso

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 87.9 points

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  3/10/2024 - Arsene Wengert Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Nicht mega expressive Nase, süße Kirsche, Leder und Teer, weisser und schwarzer Pfeffer, Lorbeer, Wacholder, etwas staubig. Im Mund erst ganz kurz die süße, fast etwas sirupartige Kirsche, dann viel Tannin, mittlerer Körper, mittelhohe Säure. Auch hier wieder viel gewürziges, vom Tannin getragen, teeig. Etwas Himbeere und weißer Pfeffer im Hintergrund. Der Nebbiolo kommt im ausgeprägten Tannin, in dieser hellroten Frucht und der ledrigen erdigkeit und Würze zur Geltung. Die Barbera in der süßen Kirschfrucht. Der Wein scheint irgendwie den idealen Reifezeitpunkt nicht erreichen zu können. Das Tannin ist noch Recht jugendlich, die Aromatik schon etwas weit, fast müde. War auch nicht soo gut gelagert.
  
  Tatsächlich ein paar Tage später doch nochmal richtig schön, geht ein bisschen in so eine Syrah Richtung, das Tannin nun sehr viel Mürber, reifere rote und schwarze Frucht, Teer, Milchschokolade, Pfeffer

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  8/17/2023 - SteveK52 wrote: 89 Points

  Don't you wish that every restaurant in American featured Vajra Langhe Rosso? Even at a posh place, you could drink it (for, say, $50) and be fully satisfied if not dazzled. At a pizza place it would totally do the trick. Ditto hamburger joints (if they had wine options that weren't produced in hundred thousand case volumes). I could drink it in a box, I could drink it with a fox. It's real wine. It has no discernable oak. Serve this at my funeral, since I won't be there to handle that myself.

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  3/28/2023 - SteveK52 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  We are long-time friends of Vajra Langhe Rosso, but this bottle was the best in some time. That happens. Where some Vajra Langhe can have a coarseness, this bottle is refined. On the nose there's an alluring aroma that can only be Nebbiolo or Pinot Noir. Ripe fruit, commercial tea, and the flavors of the farm. The taste is complete, without gaps. The sole drawback is knowing that future bottles will likely not be quite as good as this one. Perhaps it's worth giving these 8-12 months in the cellar?

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  2/25/2023 - JumpingRick Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Tout en douceur!

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  1/6/2023 - vlzat wrote: 86 Points

  Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Barbera, Albarossa, Freisa and Pinot Nero
  
  Medium body, bright garnet colour. Intense red fruits, flowers and spices aroma. Wild strawberry and sour cherry palate following by refreshing and juicy finish. Fresh and vibrant, not so complex but well balanced and hedonistic, wild berries’ acidity and silky tannins. Food friendly, well pairing to gnocchi. Serve 16ºC - 20ºC. Open half hour ahead. Drink now while young and next three years.

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