G. D. Vajra Barolo Coste di Rose 2018 750ml - The Grape Tray
G. D. Vajra Barolo Coste di Rose 2018 750ml
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G. D. Vajra Barolo Coste di Rose 2018

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750ml
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$89.99

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Category Red Wine
Varietal
Brand G. D. Vajra
Origin Italy, Piedmont, Barolo
Alcohol/vol 14.5%

Winery Notes:

2018 Coste di Rose is a very seductive wine right out of the gate. Cherries and roses burst on the nose accompanied by hints of amarena cherry, wild berries, wet stone, mint and thyme. The palate is radiant and expressive with all of the signature elements of Coste di Rose, it is ethereal with salinity and an up-front tannic structure finished with further whiffles of roses and cherries. 

Wine Advocate
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With fruit from above the village of Barolo, the G.D. Vajra 2018 Barolo Coste di Rose shows a large aromatic scope and ample substance. This vineyard is characterized by very high density Diano sandstone (typical of the area), which explains the wine’s bigger sensorial impact. Its texture is velvety and smooth, and the wine offers lots of purple and red fruits with soft earth and perfumed flower. The vintage is open knit and broad in scope, perhaps lacking some of the brilliant focus you get in the cooler years. This wine was first produced in 2015.

Monica Larner, August 11, 2022
Wine Enthusiast
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Linear and tightly wound, this opens with aromas of crushed mint, spice and forest floor. Full-bodied and firmly structured, the palate is still rather austere, offering crushed raspberry, ripe cherry, clove and tobacco set against a backbone of fine-grained tannins. Drink after 2028.

Kerin O'Keefe, September 1, 2022
Wine Spectator
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Intense and vibrant, displaying cherry, plum, earth, iron and tar flavors. The tannins are dense and assertive, yet this has energy and length, with all the components in the right place. Best from 2025 through 2043. 400 cases made.

Bruce Sanderson, December 15, 2022
James Suckling
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Very clean red-berry fruit on the nose, together with citrus and cedar notes. Medium body with fine-grained tannins and a tight bead of fruit at the end. Sustainable.

January 22, 2022
Vinous
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The 2018 Barolo Coste di Rose is a delicate, understated Barolo that will need a bit of time to fully emerge. There's lovely purity to the fruit here, but also some angular contours that need to resolve. The 2018 is a mid-weight wine in the style of the vintage, and yet there is fine balance.

Antonio Galloni, November 2021

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