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1999 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà

Wine Details
Place of Origin

Italy

Barbaresco Riserva

Piedmont

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Nebbiolo

Vintages
202120192016201320112008200620041999
Reviews & Tasting Notes

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2012 - 2019

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Cortese's 1999 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà has held up quite well, something that is all the more remarkable considering the hail damage that year. The 1999 spent a full 40 months in cask.

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Giuseppe Cortese is a traditionally minded producer operating out of the Rabajà zone in Barbaresco. The Cortese wines are classically styled and structured as is evident even in the Dolcetto and Barbera bottlings. Overall quality is quite high and this producer's wines offer good value relative to the other top-notch wines in the area. Pierluigi Cortese told me that in order to keep his 2003 Barbaresco as fresh as possible he did a shorter fermentation than normal. He also used larger casks than he has in past vintages and reduced the amount of time the wine spent in oak. Those decisions seem to have paid off he produced one of the more successful Barbarescos of the vintage.