Vinous

• By Antonio Galloni
  Vinous Table: Guido da Costigliole, Cuneo, Italy (Dec 2022), 12/1/2022 (link)

  (G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole Bricco delle Viole Red) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

• By Jancis Robinson, MW
  10/3/2017 (link)

  (G D Vajra, Bricco delle Viole Barolo Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Decanter

• By Michaela Morris
  GD Vajra Bricco delle Violle, 10/1/2017 (link)

  (GD Vajra, Bricco delle Viole, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text.

The WINEFRONT

• By Gary Walsh
  6/1/2017 (link)

  (G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

• By Antonio Galloni
  2013 Barolo: Sublime Finesse & Elegance (Feb 2017), 2/1/2017 (link)

  (G.d. Vajra Barolo Bricco Delle Viole) Subscribe to see review text.

• By Antonio Galloni
  2013 Barolo: Sublime Finesse & Elegance (Feb 2017), 2/1/2017 (link)

  (G.d. Vajra Barolo Bricco Delle Viole Selezione) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

• By Walter Speller
  12/1/2016 (link)

  (G D Vajra, Bricco delle Viole Barolo Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Full Pull

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull Reoffers: The Killer Bs (+Shipping REMINDER), 3/19/2018

  (G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole) Shipping REMINDER: This is the final reminder that our spring shipping window is beginning to open now, and we’ll be sending out shipments as different areas of the country reach appropriate temperatures. A few notes for our shipping list members: 1. During our open shipping window, *we ship wine as it is confirmed (in 12-bottle increments)* as long as those shipments do not lead to delivery-date conflicts with dates blocked off in the Shipping Calendar tab of your online account. 2. Please check your shipping address. Please make sure the shipping address in your Full Pull account is correct, and it’s an address where an adult will be present to sign for your packages. 3. Please update your shipping calendar. The Shipping Calendar tab is part of your online account. Within that tab, you can block off any dates where you *do not* wish to receive shipments. ---- Hello friends. This month’s slate of reoffers comes from the killer Bs of Italy: Barbaresco, Brunello, and Barolo. All three were autumn/winter offers, so many of you who purchased on initial offer have had a chance to see what all the fuss is about. And no surprise: all three have been popular reorder targets since.Originally offered December 21, 2017, the sixth in our eight-part year-ending Instant Gratification series. Excerpts from the original: Vajra is a well-loved Piedmont producer among our list members, and Bricco delle Viole is their flagship Barolo. We’ve offered several previous vintages, but none quite as evocative as this one. I loved it enough that I bought every remaining bottle in western Washington. If we don’t sell it all today, no worries; Galloni’s drinking window is ends in 2038, and that may be conservative; this drinks like a 40-50 year wine to me. It’s already haunting aromatically, with flowers galore (the usual Nebbiolo roses, along with darker violet tones), tarry streaks, earth and leaf and pure red fruit, all lifted by Barolo menthol. I couldn’t stop sniffing this one. The palate is an honest expression of the very best Nebbiolo can offer, with intensely robust, perfectly tuned structure, especially in the form of ripe earthy tannins. Those tannins will form the scaffolding of a wine that will evolve for decades, and there’s plenty of fruit there to undergo that evolution. If you drink it this holiday season or any over the next five years, consider a multi-hour decant and a nice prime rib to let it show its best. This is glorious Barolo. Vinous: Copyrighted material withheld.

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull Instant Gratification 6 of 8: The Best of Italy, 12/21/2017

  (G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole) Holiday Pickup Schedule REMINDER: Please take note of our schedule below for the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018: Dec 21-23: Open 11am-7pm Dec 28-30: CLOSED Jan 4-6: CLOSED Jan 11-13: Open 11am-7pm ---- Hello friends. Today we have the sixth of eight Instant Gratification offers to close out 2017. This series features wines that are already in the warehouse and ready for immediate pickup. No need to wait until mid-January; these wines are here, available for pickup during our remaining three pickup days (including today), and looking for happy homes for the holidays. IG6 contains a reoffer for a Brunello that subsequently landed on Spectator’s Top 100, alongside a new vintage of GD Vajra’s flagship Barolo that comes with a fantastic Galloni review. Both wines are drinking great; both are outstanding gifts for the holidays or terrific pairings with large holiday roasts.Originally offered December 21, 2017, the sixth in our eight-part year-ending Instant Gratification series. Excerpts from the original: Vajra is a well-loved Piedmont producer among our list members, and Bricco delle Viole is their flagship Barolo. We’ve offered several previous vintages, but none quite as evocative as this one. I loved it enough that I bought every remaining bottle in western Washington. If we don’t sell it all today, no worries; Galloni’s drinking window is ends in 2038, and that may be conservative; this drinks like a 40-50 year wine to me. It’s already haunting aromatically, with flowers galore (the usual Nebbiolo roses, along with darker violet tones), tarry streaks, earth and leaf and pure red fruit, all lifted by Barolo menthol. I couldn’t stop sniffing this one. The palate is an honest expression of the very best Nebbiolo can offer, with intensely robust, perfectly tuned structure, especially in the form of ripe earthy tannins. Those tannins will form the scaffolding of a wine that will evolve for decades, and there’s plenty of fruit there to undergo that evolution. If you drink it this holiday season or any over the next five years, consider a multi-hour decant and a nice prime rib to let it show its best. This is glorious Barolo. Vinous: Copyrighted material withheld.