G.D. Vajra, Dolcetto d'Alba, Coste Fossati
G.D. Vajra · Piedmont › Dolcetto d'Alba › Italy
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88
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30
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Taster #6137
· Dec 17, 2025
89/100
Good value! Tastes so so. Quite light at the beginning and opened up after 30 minutes
2020 vintage
Taster #7565
· Aug 30, 2025
Festa del Barolo Sydney 2025 (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street) : Plummy, earthy, simple nose. Sour acid, lacking in generosity. This doesn't really taste like Dolcetto to me. Harvested early? Covid vintage so perhaps that was a factor?
2020 vintage
Taster #6137
· May 23, 2025
Liking it less and less now 😂
2020 vintage
Taster #6137
· Feb 8, 2025
89/100
Good value for money! Easy to drink. Fruity and floral
2020 vintage
Taster #0323
· Oct 19, 2024
84 pts weak nose
2020 vintage
Taster #5320
· Dec 21, 2023
80/100
Fairly uninspiring, weak nose, not much on the palate. At little better on the second day, but was tasting a bit oxidized by the third day in spite of vacuum sealing. Not a good value for the $19 paid for it.
2020 vintage
Taster #4069
· Dec 12, 2023
87/100
Light, smooth, juicy and succulent, simple. Good but nothing more.
2020 vintage
Taster #3996
· Dec 9, 2023
89/100
Really fun Dolcetto. Agree w/the other notes that say it's missing the eucalyptus notes. Overall an intensely dark fruit experience with a nice balance. Ridiculous value.
2020 vintage
Taster #6203
· Nov 15, 2023
93/100
Dolcetto has no right being this good. Plenty of black and blue fruits, deep and with plenty of spice and cigar box. Drank over a couple of days and it only got better. Well-integrated and certainly will age rather gracefully.
2020 vintage
Taster #8689
· Oct 5, 2023
89/100
Solid value here. Balanced, Piemonte character, good structure, great with a variety of dishes.
2020 vintage
Taster #2101
· Aug 29, 2023
89/100
An already approachable, organically farmed Dolcetto wine sourced from two vineyard sites in the municipality of Barolo. Maturation: aged for seven months in stainless-steel tanks. Color: deep purple-red. Bouquet: intense aromas of violets, sour cherry, cranberry and hints of thyme and leather. On the palate: an intensely fruity wine offering loads of ripe red forest and plum fruit, quite elegant tannins and a well-balanced acid structure. Finish: long aftertaste with a touch of eucalyptus and menthol. Ready to enjoy now, …
2020 vintage
Taster #1649
· May 26, 2023
89/100
Nice Dolcetto
2020 vintage
Taster #1881
· Mar 29, 2023
91/100
Blueberries and blackberries on the nose, with a hint of toast. Lacking the eucalyptus/pine notes of earlier vintages, but nice depth for a Dolcetto. The palate shows a more complex fruit spectrum with good acidity and nice tannins. Always a superb effort from Vajra, and a star among Dolcetti.
2020 vintage
Taster #7705
· Feb 20, 2023
87/100
PnP. Purple. Red fruits in the nose. Acidic and monolithic on the palate, better with food. (87-88).
2020 vintage
Taster #9830
· Feb 7, 2023
89/100
Tasty black cherry and blackberry fruit. Not much complexity, but solid concentration and tannins.
2020 vintage
Taster #7466
· Feb 4, 2023
Lots of cherry, violet, black pepper. Would love to see this after a few more years.
2020 vintage
Taster #9997
· Dec 31, 2022
88/100
PnP. Not a whole lot of complexity here. Berries on the nose with a smooth finish. Very approachable
2020 vintage
Taster #1027
· Sep 12, 2022
89/100
Cherry and rustic tannins, but light in body. Quite floral and her ally aromatic.
2020 vintage
Taster #6442
· Sep 9, 2022
90/100
Cola, cola, cola. Thyme. Nose got more floral with time in the glass. Tannins were in a great place. Enjoyable, well-made wine, esp at the $16 price point. Nice with a simple, roasted chicken. Right Bank Bordeaux was my other option, and I'm glad I opened this.
2020 vintage
Taster #1649
· Jul 31, 2022
89/100
- Fast forming legs - Bright juicy
2020 vintage
Taster #6194
· Jul 17, 2022
85/100
Solidly good wine. Nothing outstanding but nothing horrible. Little bitter on the finish.
2020 vintage
Taster #2209
· Apr 22, 2022
87/100
Kirsebær og nøtter. Litt skarp syre, fin lengde.
2020 vintage
Taster #5553
· Feb 26, 2022
Other users have summed this up well. I get mostly black cherry, thyme, violet, and licorice notes. M+ acid and M tannin. It’s a solid food wine. My first Dolcetto; this will probably get put into the regular rotation. I left 75% in the fridge overnight and it didn’t get any better so I can’t see this benefitting from cellaring.
2020 vintage
Taster #1672
· Feb 8, 2022
84/100
Fruity and confected on the nose but altogether more savoury (thyme) on the palate. Some violet and kirsch alongside the red fruit, but dominated by the tannins. Lacking a bit of definition. A real food wine.
2020 vintage
Taster #8676
· Jan 7, 2022
89/100
Dark reddish-purple in color bordering on opaque. Full, fragrant & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries & blueberries with overtones of floral & earthy/dusty notes, herbs & minerals. Medium bodied with a good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries & blueberries with herbs & minerals. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present although it might develop further with a year or so of additional aging.
2020 vintage
Taster #5726
· Jan 4, 2022
87/100
Great Dolcetto from a smaller producer- light but still tight, This is my 2nd bottle I liked it so much.
2020 vintage
Taster #5958
· Dec 31, 2021
87/100
This got a little lost as the second wine to a superb Barolo we were drinking for Christmas roast prime rib dinner. I don't think it ever fully opened and realized its potential. G.D. Vajra is usually a mark of quality, so I'd try it again, or maybe purchase some to lay down for a while. It's good juice in any case.
2020 vintage
Taster #2209
· Dec 29, 2021
89/100
Mørk, fruktig og sødmefull med fin, litt grov tannin. Kirsebær og moreller. God Dolcetto!
2020 vintage
Taster #0727
· Dec 22, 2021
Nice 4/5
2020 vintage
Taster #1185
· Dec 19, 2021
89/100
Nice food wine. Cherries, bit of licorice & earthy spice. Nice bright acids.
2020 vintage
Taster #1057
· Sep 28, 2021
88/100
medium purple, clear, colour, shiny, very good. nose: M(+0 intensity of aromas; red cherries, red currants, crisp black cherries; floral notes - violets; vegetal - celery; almonds, white pepper. taste: high acidity; medium tannins volume - pleasant; red and black cherries, red plums; tobacco, long finish.
2020 vintage
Taster #9061
· Jun 28, 2021
85/100
Cool and fruity with aromas of cheries and blackberries and some herbs and soil. Drinks best now while it is young and fresh.
2020 vintage
Taster #3080
· Dec 30, 2017
92/100
Here I found a dark and brooding bouquet, which gained richness and sweetness over time as it's intense blue and black fruits gave way to hints of cedar, grilled herbs, violets and floral undergrowth. Silky-soft textures caressed the palate with a vibrant zing of acidity adding a sharp lift, as ripe black fruits, blueberry skins, inner violet tones and minerals blanketed the senses. The finish was long with a staining of dark fruits, a bitter twang of black tea, dried …
2007 vintage
Taster #9091
· Feb 1, 2012
91/100
Gonna move this up a point from last time. Everything I said plus. Really not like and dolcetto I've had before. Way more stuffing. Lots of blue fruits and a healthy amount of structure as well. Had it with a tomato sauce dish and it was an almost perfect match. Well worth getting.
2007 vintage
Taster #9091
· Jun 16, 2010
90/100
As good a dolcetto as I've ever had. Agree with comments about blue and purple fruit and lots of minerality and acidity.
2007 vintage
Taster #6241
· May 3, 2010
Excellent but still too young. Bracing acidity and minerality that gives the red fruit nice lift. Gonna wait on my other bottles to see where this goes. As it resolves I think it will be ever better.
2007 vintage
Taster #0439
· Mar 3, 2010
Hands down the best dolcetto I've had. Gorgeous, dusty boysenberry aromas waft from the glass. The fruit is bluer on the palate and the whole package shows depth and beautiful structure. The earthiness here is elegant. Long finish and great with an array of foods, even a substantial fish!
2007 vintage
Taster #4913
· Apr 11, 2009
88/100
similar aromatics to the normal dolcetto with purple aromatics, but richer and longer with a plump back end and complicating minerality.
2007 vintage