GD Vajra - Albe Barolo 2021

GD Vajra - Albe Barolo 2021In 1971 Aldo Vaira joined Suolo e Salute, becoming a pioneer of organic farming in Piedmont while working the family land. The 1972 vintage was harsh. Facing the very real possibility of leaving the bunches on the vine, Aldo did not give up and vinified his first vintage. The energy of this beginning is collected in the note that is still written on the first page of the Marescalchi, the university enology manual: imagination at work. This imagination

gastronomical institutions

to list the grape on its labels

oregano and hyssop notes

all in the commune of Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes

the architect of the modern winery

In 1971 Aldo Vaira joined Suolo e Salute

Alheit works closely with local growers but also have their own farm

resulting in the majority of the vines getting ripped out

The Domaine des Escaravailles has been owned by the Ferran family for three generations

lees aging

or chivalrous knights

The Podlashuks replanted the farm to vineyards and travelled to France and Germany to do extensive wine research