The organic G.D. Vajra Bricco delle Viole is a stunning wine this year. From a site at 480 metres altitude (the highest in Barolo) on laminated white clay, the 2021 Bricco delle Viole first shows a fragile side, but it eventually rolls onto much greater momentum and focus as it opens in the glass. This is always one of our favorite wines from this excellent producer, and we love it especially thanks to its fine nuances of redcurrant, pressed flower and something a little savory like peat moss. There is a hint of ashy stone or brimstone. All of these little details emerge with terrific sharpness in an epic vintage such as 2021. Fruit comes from a seven-hectare plot at 400 to 480 meters in elevation on Sant'Agata marl soils with marine fossils.