G.D. Vajra 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba DOC

The Wine

G.D. Vajra's (VIE rah) Dolcetto d'Alba comes from a number of their estate vineyards. It is fermented for an average of 20 days and ages on the fine less for a year. This is a fine blend, a charming wine, rich yet forward.

Often referred to as "the winemaker's wine" because it's what they drink at their family meal, it is also what you're likely to be served at a sidewalk café if you order the house red!

The Winery

In 1971, Aldo Vajra, then still a university student, was one of the earliest to adopt organic farming in Piemonte. Back then, his agricultural university was funded by producers of fertilizers and pesticides, so his professor would meet behind closed doors with a handful of students interested in organic viticulture so his fellow faculty members wouldn't overhear his heretical lectures. Lectures that threatened school funding would be nipped in the bud!

For the last half a century, G.D. Vajra's Vineyards have been nurtured and their soils naturally enriched through the growth of grass and spontaneous cover crops between the rows.  Today the vineyards are certified sustainable and organic and Vajra's dedicate significant time and energy to monitoring and improving the biodiversity of both flora and fauna in their vineyards and the family's fields and forests.