G.D. Vajra Barbera Freisa 2020 pago-del-cielo and is only produced when

and is only produced when a particular vintage shows exceptional fruit quality and is deemed to have ageing potential for a minimum of fifteen years

As a result of this approach the fruit quality is evident creating a wine which is tightly wound and restrained in its youth

The palate is bright and fine with flavours of orange and apricot marmalade

as ethereally complex and limpidly clear

G.D. Vajra Barbera Freisa 2020 pago-del-cielo and is only produced whenFreisa is an ancient grape varietal that has never been cloned. In other words, the grapes are exactly as they were in centuries past, which is not what we can say about other varietals. A distant relative of Nebbiolo, it shares the same crisp acidity and tannic structure. Aldo Vaira planted his first massal selection vines of Freisa in the 1970s and is considered one of the saviors of the varietal.