Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2004 NO20230823 the grapes are hand-harvested and

the grapes are hand-harvested and native-yeast fermented in small open-top fermenters

A non intrusive dry vermouth

or aged cheeses

windswept for freshness

and dried red fruit now complement the primary fruit

Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2004 NO20230823 the grapes are hand-harvested andBruno Giacosa was the modern benchmark of classical Piedmont, and Rabaj is one of Barbaresco's most respected crus, a powerful, structured site whose wines tend to favor density over perfume. This is a white label bottling, which in Giacosa's language meant the standard release in a vintage where he did not declare a red label Riserva, though many feel the 2004 Rabaj came very close to that line. 2004 itself is one of the great classical Piedmont