G.D. Vajra, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2015

 This is always a pretty expensive wine, yet in vintages when the particularities of the growing season mesh well with the impressive talents of the Vajra family, it doesn’t seem expensive but, rather, a conspicuously attractive value among Barolo’s very best wines.  Succulently ripe but not over the top, the core of fruit in this 2015 release is almost impossibly gorgeous, and tastefully restrained wood adds just a bit of spice and framing without impinging on the wine’s wonderful purity.  Already dangerously delicious but destined for much greater complexity with additional time in bottle, this should be purchased and then promptly stored in the most inaccessible spot you can find in your home.