Barbaresco, Rabaja Bas, 2018

Very primary red fruits on the nose, leading to a mouthwatering palate of crisp, crunchy and bright alpine berry characteristics. Super fruity and clear. Lithe and focused. Confusingly this is a single vineyard in its own right that has nothing to do with the Rabaja. An old vineyard planted in 1942, Rabaja Bas is west facing, (as opposed to southwest facing for Rabaja) and sits at the top of the hill above Paje where the soils are poor and limestone-influenced. Fermented in steel tanks as opposed to open wood vats for the other Crus. Aged for 24 months in large used Slavonian oak vats.