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Barbaresco Rabajà 2017

Name: Barbaresco Rabajà 2017
Brand: Bruno Giacosa
Price: 179.65 EUR
Availability: InStock

Single-cru Barbaresco from the legendary Rabajà vineyard, in the hands of Bruno Giacosa. A powerful, deep 2017 with dark fruit, fine spice and great ageing potential.

€ 179,65

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About this wine

Rabajà is one of Barbaresco’s most revered crus, and in 2017 Giacosa crafts a wine that defies the warmth of the vintage with poise and finesse. The nose is packed with blackcurrant, plum and morello cherry, layered with mint, tobacco, liquorice and earthy tones. On the palate it is concentrated and muscular yet never heavy, with firm, ripe tannins and a salty, mineral edge that carries through to the long finish. This is a serious, cellar-worthy Barbaresco that will reward patience while already offering impressive aromatic complexity in the glass.

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Tasting Note

Wine Advocate emphasises generous dark fruit wrapped around a striking mineral core, evolving into spice, liquorice and cinnamon. Suckling notes saturated cherry and plum flavours with mint, tobacco and earthy notes, describing a chewy, muscular structure and persistent finish.

In the glass

Deep garnet core with a ruby rim.

In the nose

Blackcurrant, plum, cherry, menthol, tobacco, liquorice and rose petals.

On the palate

Dense and savoury, with dark fruit, firm but ripe tannins and a long, mineral-spicy finish.

Bruno Giacosa

One of Piemonte’s greats. Bruno Giacosa is known for precision, elegance, and an almost obsessive eye for detail. His Barolo and Barbaresco show finesse over power and remain benchmarks for purity and balance.

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Character of the wine

Grape Varieties

Nebbiolo

Vinification

Fermented in stainless steel with controlled temperatures, then aged around 20 months in large Slavonian oak casks before further bottle ageing.

Classification

Barbaresco DOCG

Style

Silky & Fragrant

Aging potential

Long aging possible

Decant Time

1-2 hours

Drinking Temperature

15° C

Body

Medium+

Conservative food pairing

Duck breast

Funky food pairing

Bao buns

Music pairing

Jazz

Art pairing

Impressionism

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