Where it's from:
>Italy
>Piemonte (Piedmont)
>Barbaresco
Price per case:
£286.38
Bottle size:
75 cl
Bottles per case:
6
Style:
Powerful Reds
Grapes:
Nebbiolo
Description:
The Barbaresco Rabaj has good colour, although in characteristic Nebbiolo style is light garnet, rather than the inky depths of Syrah or Cabernet. It is intense but restrained on the nose and its floral, black fruit perfumes are still restrained. Big and powerful on the palate, with classic Nebbiolo tannins supporting the ripe fruit, it has great balance and extremely long length. Since starting to bottle in 1978 Bruno Rocca has risen to the top of the quality tree in Barbaresco. He has 8 hectares of vineyard in Rabaja supplemented by smallholdings in Nieve and Treiso. Stylistically he is a consummate modernist yet the intensity of fruit is balanced by a typical Piemontese structure, and the character of the varietal is balanced by a judicious use of oak.
The Barbera d’Asti has an intense, deep red colour with violet highlights and perfumes of ripe fruit on the nose, with notes of blackberries, plums and bilberries. On the palate it has great intensity; it is warm, ripe and rounded with mature fruit flavours and a solid but supple tannin structure. It is long and spicy to the end. Since starting to bottle in 1978 Bruno Rocca has risen to the top of the quality tree in Barbaresco. He has 8 hectares of vineyard in Rabaja supplemented by smallholdings in Nieve and Treiso. Stylistically he is a consummate modernist yet the intensity of fruit is balanced by a typical Piemontese structure, and the character of the varietal is balanced by a judicious use of oak. (6 x 75 cl)