2020 Barbaresco Rabaja Riserva
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The Bruno Giacosa 2020 Barbaresco Rabajà is a little rounder and softer in personality compared to the extremely focused and linear 2021 vintage. This expression awards dark fruit and lovely concentration and has a medium-plus body on the palate. You can't say that it is more accessible, because the wine will require more bottle aging, but there is a softness to the fruit that is immediately pleasing.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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Will always be white label (ie not Riserva). Great maturation of grapes and picked early October. A warm vintage but still good water from 2019. Approachable vintage. To be released in 2024. Pungent nose. And very fine and fresh. The fruit really springs from the glass. Usually more powerful but in 2020 it has great finesse. Long! (JR)
About the producer
Bruno Giacosa – now run by daughter Bruna – is a cult Nebbiolo producer, that has consistently made some of the best single-vineyard Barbaresco and Barolo from the 1960s onwards. The“red-label” Riservas are some of the finest and most collectable wines in Italy.