One of the best barberas available. Single-vineyard from
the famous bricco delle viole. In the mid 90's Vajra wrote
Bricco delle Violo on the label, but was denied doing that,
so from the 99 vintage this will be labelled only Barbera
d'Alba superiore. Deep brick red colour. Very dark. Complex
nose of cherries, roses, almonds, slight anise and wood.
Powerful in the mouth. Concentrated and fruity piedmontese
with high acidity and low tannins. Still quite fruity and
some complexity on the palate. This has probably seen some
wood, but is fully integrated. Balancibg it's 14% alcohol
perfectly. Good length. Drinking very well now and will
probably continue to do so for the next 5 years. Like a
fruity nebbiolo but with a totally different structure.