In the glass
What it pairs with
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Tajarin with ragu
Fresh Nebbiolo and firm tannin carry the meat sauce. -
Roast guinea fowl
The wine's red fruit suits delicate game. -
Toma piemontese
Mild cheese frames the bright fruit.
History
Albe, dialect-inflected for the dawns that break three times over the Vergne hills, is Vajra's classically styled Barolo from higher-altitude parcels.
- 2008 — Vajra formalises Albe as its accessible classic Barolo
Facts
- Producer
- G.D. Vajra
- Grapes
- Nebbiolo (100%)
- Classification
- Barolo DOCG
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 40 to 65 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6 to 20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008