Barbaresco, Rabaja, 2017

Name: Barbaresco, Rabaja
Brand: Castello di Verduno
Price: 324.32 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

A very different vineyard, and resulting wine, to Rabaja Bas. The soils are a similar limestone clay composition but this is an even steeper, well-drained vineyard. An earthy ground sweet spice character dominates the nose. Full, broad and rich flavours of undergrowth, nutmeg, cinnamon and red berries envelop the palate. Complex and corpulent, less immediate than the Rabaja Bas, you can feel real density and structure here, but this is built to age. Reared for 21 months in Austrian and Slavonian oak casks.

critic reviews

93/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The 2017 Barbaresco Rabajà is powerful and sinewy in the glass. It will need a few years in bottle to soften. Iron, dried herbs, chalk, mint and white pepper add a brilliant aromatic top register. Give it a few years to soften.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2032

date of review 02/2021