Vajra
Vajra G.D. Spumante N.S. della Neve Rosé Metodo Classico Brut
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| Denomination | VSQ |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 11.5% by volume |
| Area | Piedmont (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 50% Nebbiolo, 50% Pinot Nero |
| Aging | Foaming begins in the spring following the harvest, followed by a period of 48-60 months on the lees. |
Description
"Thomas Jefferson's description already had everything. We have only added a part of Pinot Noir, to enhance the finesse of the aromas and turn our gaze even more towards Champagne". (Aldo and Milena Vaira)
Taste
Serve at:
06 - 08 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Producer
Vajra
From this winery
- Start up year: 1972
- Oenologist: Aldo e Giuseppe Vaira
- Bottles produced: 400.000
- Hectares: 60
Vergne, the highest village in the Commune of Barolo, with vineyards planted to nebbiolo at heights of 350-400 metres, as well as to dolcetto and barbera, sees later ripening than other areas and crus, with the result that its Barolos have always been recognised as quite distinctive: wines with youthfully ample aromas, showing prominent but judicious acidity, generous fruit always lively and crisp, whose primary stylistic signature is their aromatic elegance.
Expressing these qualities and ensuring their full expression in every wine is the goal of Milena and Aldo Vaira; she came from Cervere, terroir renowned for its leeks, and he from Torino, but both have been toiling since the early 1970s in the vineyards of Aldo’s father, Giuseppe Domenico, gradually increasing the area under vine to the current 40 hectares, with ten of it nebbiolo for Barolo, located in such strategic spots as Bricco delle Viole, Fossati, La Volta, Coste di Vergne, and finally succeeding in forging a unique winery style and an absolutely personal working method both in cellar and vineyard.
A style steeped in elegance, if you will, that nowhere else but in Vergne could find its sublime terroir, its own “promised land,” a superb site despite being the occasional target of pitiless hailstorms.
Dedicated, passionate winegrowers, but low-keyed and always sensitive to the human side of every equation in their profession as wine producers, and regarding themselves as instruments enabling nature and their environment full self-expression through their wines, the Vairas incarnated their distinctive way of thinking and working in the very concrete terms of their wine cellar, light years removed from a cold, aseptic laboratory. As friends for many years of Father Costantino Ruggeri, man of faith but a magnificent artist as well, of recognised sensitivity, they wanted their Barolos, the Bricco delle Viole and the just-debuted Albe, a cuvée of their various vineyards; their Dolcetto Coste & Fossati and the Barbera d’Alba; but the more “experimental” or “daring” wines as well, which they created to reflect the Vergne terroir, such as the cask-aged Freisa Kyé and the Langhe Bianco that renders homage to the prince of noble whites, the white Riesling; all these wines they wanted to come to fruition in a warm, exquisitely nurturing space, one enlightened, it goes without saying, by the rainbow-hued stained-glass windows crafted by Padre Costantino, within the terms of a perfect symbiosis and dialogue between Nature and humankind.
A conception of wine, therefore, that springs from deep meditation, but is neither artificial nor intellectualistic, one that is striking for the depth of thought behind it as well as for the utter simplicity of its operation, free from the strutting of overweening ego. Read more
Expressing these qualities and ensuring their full expression in every wine is the goal of Milena and Aldo Vaira; she came from Cervere, terroir renowned for its leeks, and he from Torino, but both have been toiling since the early 1970s in the vineyards of Aldo’s father, Giuseppe Domenico, gradually increasing the area under vine to the current 40 hectares, with ten of it nebbiolo for Barolo, located in such strategic spots as Bricco delle Viole, Fossati, La Volta, Coste di Vergne, and finally succeeding in forging a unique winery style and an absolutely personal working method both in cellar and vineyard.
A style steeped in elegance, if you will, that nowhere else but in Vergne could find its sublime terroir, its own “promised land,” a superb site despite being the occasional target of pitiless hailstorms.
Dedicated, passionate winegrowers, but low-keyed and always sensitive to the human side of every equation in their profession as wine producers, and regarding themselves as instruments enabling nature and their environment full self-expression through their wines, the Vairas incarnated their distinctive way of thinking and working in the very concrete terms of their wine cellar, light years removed from a cold, aseptic laboratory. As friends for many years of Father Costantino Ruggeri, man of faith but a magnificent artist as well, of recognised sensitivity, they wanted their Barolos, the Bricco delle Viole and the just-debuted Albe, a cuvée of their various vineyards; their Dolcetto Coste & Fossati and the Barbera d’Alba; but the more “experimental” or “daring” wines as well, which they created to reflect the Vergne terroir, such as the cask-aged Freisa Kyé and the Langhe Bianco that renders homage to the prince of noble whites, the white Riesling; all these wines they wanted to come to fruition in a warm, exquisitely nurturing space, one enlightened, it goes without saying, by the rainbow-hued stained-glass windows crafted by Padre Costantino, within the terms of a perfect symbiosis and dialogue between Nature and humankind.
A conception of wine, therefore, that springs from deep meditation, but is neither artificial nor intellectualistic, one that is striking for the depth of thought behind it as well as for the utter simplicity of its operation, free from the strutting of overweening ego. Read more
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| Name | Vajra G.D. Spumante N.S. della Neve Rosé Metodo Classico Brut |
|---|---|
| Type | Rosé classic method sparkling wine brut |
| Denomination | VSQ |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 11.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 50% Nebbiolo, 50% Pinot Nero |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Vajra |
| Story | This wine takes its name from the small chapel on the slopes of the vineyard, dedicated to "Our Lady of the Snow". In 1787 Thomas Jefferson, at the time ambassador to France, came to Italy to study rice cultivation. Stopping in Turin, he tasted Nebbiolo for the first time. Giving us one of the most authoritative accounts of the taste of the time, he describes this wine as "almost as sweet as soft Madeira, as dry on the palate as Bordeaux and as lively as Champagne". As wine lovers, we could not resist the allure of trying our hand at a classic method that would embrace this ancient and forgotten history. |
| Origin | Roddino (CN) |
| Soil composition | The calcareous and poor soil forces the vines to dig deep, giving the wine an extraordinary minerality. |
| Harvest | ing takes place between the second half of August and the beginning of September. ing, as well as transport in small crates, is done manually to preserve the fruit intact. Nostra Signora della Neve is a rosé de saignée. |
| Wine making | The must is racked off after a short maceration to obtain the rosé colour. |
| Aging | Foaming begins in the spring following the harvest, followed by a period of 48-60 months on the lees. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
