Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Sunday, May 10, 2020 - Zoom blind tasting #3: Guiseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabaja vertical (At home): I liked this, even if it did show a bit obviously hotter and riper than the other wines on show. The nose was so attractive, with dark cherries and red berries infused with a lovely earthy, spicy character, and then just edged with little bits of dried flowers and little sprigs of herb. What beautiful aromas. I could smell this all day. It was lovely on the palate too - very poised and polished, with a robe well-integrated acidity and fine, but still very firm Nebbiolo tannins wrapped around a slinky core of ripe, sweet red cherries and berries, with that lovely infusion of warm spice and dried earth again, maybe with a hint of savoury meatiness in there this time, all drawing towards a fresh, open finish - with satisfying chew of cherry skin and just that last kiss of floral petals, before those fine tannins reasserted themselves again with a firm grip. A very elegantly styled 2003 Baberesco, like the others in this vertical of Rabaja from Cortese, but this was also one of the deeper wines in the set, showing a touch more depth than most of the other wines on show. The only issue were the rather more drying, astringent 2003 tannins. That aside though, tt was already quite enjoyable with a bit of food on the night, and should continue to age decently for many years yet. I would love to try it in say 2025-2030 and beyond

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