2005 Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabajà

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  5/8/2021 - Rani Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Lovely red and black fruit here. Very fragrant, nice balance on the palate with mostly primary notes and present tannins. Open for business but might benefit from another 5 years of cellaring.

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  5/19/2020 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cellaraid - Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Vertical; 5/15/2020-5/24/2020 (Delivered to Home): Medium garnet, with fading edges. Aromas of red flowers, mint, and nutmeg. Soft tannins, quite a bit of acid, and a good heat. Flavours of cranberry, pepper, mint, coffee grounds, and cocoa towards the back. The floral tones come back along with the cocoa on the finish, which was fairly long. Quite a good power

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  5/10/2020 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points

  Zoom blind tasting #3: Guiseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabaja vertical (At home): The Cortese Rabaja wines from the mid-2000s have been consistently very pleasing. I really loved the noses on them, and this was no exception. There was a lovely meaty, earthy savoury core to the bouquet, along with attractive notes of dark cherries and damson plums, and then perfumed notes of violets and spices. Deep and heady. Very nice indeed. The palate was drinking very nicely, with fine, firm tannins having softened slightly, together with a little stream of bright acidity, still forming an ample sense of structure for juicy flavours of dark cherries, berries and plum - these seasoned with nice bits of earth, spice and mineral leading into a nicely fresh finish, with some brambly tones and a hint of dried flowers. Maybe lacking a bit of weight and length, but otherwise a very enjoyable wine starting to drink nicely now. A very elegant expression indeed.

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  12/19/2019 - David J Cooper wrote: 91 Points

  Clear light red with pink edges. Earthy red fruit, a bit more intense then I expected, hints of red flowers and tar in the background. Very nice balanced red cherry and earth flavours and a nice medium weight dry finish.
  
  Very elegant and easy to enjoy.

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  9/17/2019 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points

  Monthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow" #041: Barbaresco (By MW): In the bouquet barnyard, metal, some sweetness and rustic impressions. On the palate dark and red berries, chocolate, autumn impressions, mocha, vanilla, some sweetness and bitterness and a firm dose of acidity.

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