Barbaresco, Rabaja, 2020
More polished than the Bas, with a deeper succulence, structure and gravelly blackberry notes. A wine of grander proportions and assertive minerality – a stunner. The Castello has a total of 1ha in the steepest part of Rabaja, 0.5ha of which is 40 years old and 0.5ha is 15 years old (this goes to the Barbaresco Classico). It spends its whole life in oak as it is fermented in oak tine. The 2020 saw 40 days skin contact with submerged cap and two years of ageing in 25hl Slavonian oak casks.
critic reviews
The 2020 Barbaresco Rabajà is a powerful, old-school wine. Dark, brooding and imposing, the 2020 possesses tremendous depth from start to finish. Black cherry, menthol, licorice, lavender and mocha infuse the palate with tremendous depth. The 2020 is not a shy wine, that much is evident. Classicists take note.