Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Rabaja, 2008 so052925 pato family wines preserving the wine's clean lines

preserving the wine's clean lines and mineral cut

Serious punch

served from a decanter

fermented in stainless steel and aged briefly in neutral oak for added texture and nuance

the wine displays a pale straw hue with green highlights

Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Rabaja, 2008 so052925 pato family wines preserving the wine's clean linesRabaja is one of Barbaresco's most celebrated grand crus, a south facing amphitheater of calcareous marl that gives some of the village's most complete, powerful and long lived wines, and the Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva from it is among the great values in cellar worthy Nebbiolo, delicious at 5, 10, 20, even 30 years. Rabaja combines structure and perfume in a way few sites manage. The 2008 was a classic, structured vintage producing