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Bruno Giacosa – Barbaresco Rabajà – 2019
When one mentions Giacosa’s Barbaresco Rabaja’ it is just pure emotion. We are talking about one of the most popular bottles in the Langa panorama, from a vineyard that only with him has the best interpretation worldwide with characteristics of refinement and longevity out of the ordinary. Rabaja’ is a hill, precisely a slope, in the commune of Barbaresco bordering the Asili hill also of viticultural importance. Already considered magnificent by local producers in the past, it has suitable natural conditions in every respect, the exposure is southwest with predominant clay soils and an altitude around 300 meters where the wines draw strength and structure. The vines are more than 50 years old where a double selection of grapes is made, fermentations are spontaneous in wooden barrels with macerations lasting 30 days, aging is done in large barrels for 18 months with a rest in the bottle of at least 12 months. Lots of fragrance and diversity of scents, red fruit and spices with balsamic and menthol notes, a very dynamic wine especially on the palate with a powerful, tannic and direct touch that highlights its uniqueness. Dreamy!
- Producer: Giacosa Bruno
- Name: Barbaresco Rabajà
- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Vintage: 2019
- Alcohol Content: 14,5%
- Bottle Size: 750 ml
- Production: 3600 bottles
Productive Notes: vinification in wooden barrels for 30 days, aging for 18 months in large barrels and 12 months in bottle.
Wine naturally contains solphites
234,00€
1 in stock
Description
If one speaks of the Bruno Giacosa winery, one mentions one of the highest realities for quality excellence in the Langa, so much so that it is the world standard-bearer for Barbaresco and Barolo wines. Bruno’s story is very simple and is connected to a particular moment in Italian history, where the crisis and world wars greatly affected the economy of the peasantry. Born in Neive in 1929, the son of farmers and bottlers, he began his path in the world of wine thanks to his father’s teachings, going around the Langa selecting the best grapes. Thanks to this Bruno learned to understand the importance of the exposures of Nebbiolo vineyards and to recognize good grapes from bad ones, so much so that he began making wine for himself a few bottles, which immediately became critically acclaimed for the cleanliness and high quality of the wines. It was only in the 1980s that Bruno bought the first “Falletto” vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba for the production of Barolo; before that, the production of the wines was tied to the purchase of grapes through conferters. Instead, we speak of 1998 for the purchase of the “Asili” vineyard in Barbaresco. His idea was always very clear for the production of wines, so much so that he had such a uniquely defined style that it is still clearly perceptible today: maximum cleanliness, no chemical products in the vineyard, vinification with indigenous yeasts, large woods for aging. Bruno Giacosa taught and gave so much to the Langa wine world first and in the world later thanks to his extreme elegance, longevity, cleanliness and humility.
