2009 Ca' du Rabajà Barbaresco

Community Tasting Notes (38) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  12/14/2023 - JDC Wine Likes this wine: 79 Points

  Drink with Miles

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  9/6/2021 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Prior bottle was just over 2 years ago and the wine has improved almost exactly as I'd hoped in that time. Red cherry, earth, leather and mineral notes on the nose. Medium bodied with rounded red cherry upfront, better depth through the middle and better balance as well. Tart red cherry, spices, acidity and tannins on the backside but they are in much better balance with the mid-body fruit and the integration between mid-body and finish is more harmonious. The improved density even allows it to show some blackfruit based hints that it didn't have last time. Overall, the wine simply felt more complete. It has the element to continue to drink well for several more years, but I might drink over the next two or so with the balance between fruit and structure working so well at present.

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  3/21/2020 - SICILIAN-SOLE Does not like this wine: 75 Points

  Worse than the last bottle from a year ago...close to undrinkable.

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  9/2/2019 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Prior bottle was again just over two and half years ago and this wine is positively evolving, just slowly like you would expect of a traditional Piedmont wine. Red cherry on the nose that seemed brighter than previously, coupled with light leather and more earth and mineral qualities than before. Medium bodied with red cherry upfront and while it retains the acidity-derived brightness, it's much more rounded and balanced than before. Continued to show a bit of additional depth through the middle, but the improvement is in the balance, especially on the backside. There's still tart red cherry, spices and plenty of acidity, but the fruit is coming into balance with the structural notes nicely. Feels like this is still opening up and continuing to improve (something I had perhaps despaired a bit would ever truly happen). I don't see it gaining fruit-based complexity, but it will continue to improve on the integration and balance fronts. As the acidity and spices come into balance, we should see a better overall expressions. Next bottle for me will be Fall 2021.

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  7/30/2019 - TashNYC wrote:

  Bye to the rest of the May bottle

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