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Barbaresco Rabajà 2005 75cl

DOCG | Barbaresco | Piemonte | Italia
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95 Wine Spectator
There's wonderful perfumes in this young Barbaresco, with flowers and ripe berries, as well as strawberry. Full-bodied, chewy and long. Massive on the finish. A superb wine. To be released spring 2009. Best after 2011. 600 cases made. ?JS
94 Robert Parker
The 2005 Barbaresco Rabaja is the densest and richest of these 2005 Barbarescos. Because it is aged in a slightly smaller cask, the wine shows an explosive personality along with some oak nuances that require bottle age to settle down. This muscular Barbaresco resonates on the palate with layers of spiced, mentholated dark cherries, minerals and licorice. It remains a dense, structured and primary wine in need of serious bottle age for the firm tannins to melt away. This, too, is a sublime wine from Bruno Giacosa. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2025. My May visit with Bruno Giacosa was significant in many ways. It was the first time in many years that the recently departed, long-time oenologist wasn?t on hand to lead the tasting. At the same time, Giacosa appeared to be in higher spirits than I have witnessed in previous recent visits. Oftentimes change can be invigorating, and I certainly hope that will be the case here. New oenologist Giorgio Lavagna has his work cut out for him, but I can only wish him the very best. As for the wines, we spent several hours surveying all the 2005s, 2006s and 2007s from cask, after which we re-visited several of the 2004s from bottle. The 2004s confirmed their stature as masterpieces, yet Giacosa fans will delight at the prospect of a number of potentially outstanding wines in the pipeline. The 2005 Barbarescos have always shown tons of harmony and elegance from cask, so I was happy to find the wines just as outstanding from bottle. Although there are no Red Label Riservas from Giacosa in 2005, the wines display remarkable quality across the board. The rest of the line-up is solid as well.
Produttore
Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Negli ultimi 40 anni, il meticoloso Bruno Giacosa ha prodotto molti dei migliori Barolo e Barbaresco del mercato. La sua conoscenza, passione e curiosità hanno creato la fama di questa spettacolare azienda vinicola. La sua ricerca costante delle uve migliori, dai vigneti più prestigiosi, ha letteralmente pagato. Oltre alle uve acquistate e vinificate, etichettate Casa Vinicola Bruno Giacosa, ha seguito la nuova ondata di produttori-coltivatori e ha acquisito terreni propri: Asili a Barbaresco e Falletto a Serralunga, e questi vini sono imbottigliati con l'etichetta Azienda Agricola. La tenuta è rinomata per i cru di Barbaresco Asili, Rabajà, Santo Stefano, e il cru di Barolo Vigna Rionda. I vini Falletto e Villero mostrano agevolmente le complessità armoniose del Nebbiolo. Alla fine, grazie agli sforzi congiunti di Giacosa e ai metodi tradizionali del vignaiolo Dante Scaglione, i vini Barbera, Dolcetto e Roero Arneis soddisfano sia i critici che gli amanti del vino.