Red
Rabajà
By Bruno Rocca, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Barbaresco from the Rabajà cru, the family's historic vineyard and the site of the estate.
Tasting notes
Deep, intense garnet red. Floral notes of dog rose and violet and buttery hints, opening to raspberry, cherry and sour cherry. Warm and enveloping, with soft, rich tannins; elegant and sumptuous.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Rabajà
- Soil
- Clay and limestone soils: white tufaceous marl mixed with grey-blue marl and veins of sand, from the Tertiary Period.
- Exposure
- Mainly south-west; 260 to 315 m above sea level; about 3.5 ha
- Vinification
- Stainless steel for 20 to 25 days, then 12 months in barrique and 12 months in large barrels, all French oak. Yield 40 hl per hectare.
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