2004 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà

Community Tasting Notes (48) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  1/26/2024 - popopdrops Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dekantert. Herlig nese og munn fra første glass. Også dag 2, dette er helt i balanse og en fryd for sansene.

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  9/24/2023 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Another excellent bottle of this. I had a little bit of bad luck with some oxidized 2001s Produttori, but the 2004 are really beautiful and in a great place now. This is deep, layered and pretty complex, it has the signature slight austerity to it, but also beautiful notes of red and darker fruit, menthol, anise seeds, crushed violets, tar, some graphite, also some notes of cedar and pine. It‘s medium-full bodied, with medium+ tannin that is present, but beautifully integrated, there is nice medium-high acidity and very good length. A total beauty. I can‘t believe these wines were available by the case for $34 until a few years ago. There are still excellent value for top-notch Nebbiolo, but the secret is out. Probably my best Rabaja 2004 yet.

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  4/25/2023 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  The fruit is sourced from the Rabajà vineyard. Released only after a minimum of four years of aging. Bottle #6663 of total 8840 bottles. Lot number L8.150. 14% alcohol.
  
  Luminous and somewhat translucent garnet color. The nose feels open and fragrant but also quite dry and savory with expressive aromas of brambly black raspberries and black cherries, some tobacco, a little bit of wild strawberry, light floral notes of violets, a hint of tar, a sweeter touch of dark plummy fruit and a whiff of dusty old wood. The wine feels juicy, silky and relatively light on its feet with a medium body and precise but a bit restrained flavors of sour cherries and crunchy cranberries, some wild strawberries, a little bit of ferrous blood, light tart notes of fresh red plums, a hint of tar and a touch of licorice root. The wine shows good sense of substance without any excess weight. The structure relies more on the high acidity, although the moderately grippy medium-plus tannins do add quite a bit to the wine's firmness. The finish is dry, long and somewhat grippy with a savory aftertaste of tart lingonberries and sour cherries, some gravelly mineral notes, a little bit of tobacco, light licorice root tones, a hint of fresh red plum and a touch of brambly black raspberry.
  
  A tasty, attractive and harmonious PdB Riserva. Feels both a bit lighter and slightly more reticent than the 2004 Montestefano that was tasted alongside, but otherwise feeling very similar in style. Just as 2004 Montestefano, also this Rabajà feels still super youthful with very little sense of evolution - even if the wine is almost 20 years old! Structurally the wine doesn't seem to call for much aging, as the rather tannins come across as pretty supple and approachable, not too tough and gritty; however, aromatically, the wine could really benefit from additional cellar time. I would happily leave the wine to age for another 10 to 15 years, just to get the wine develop some additional tertiary complexity. All in all, a fine wine; expect the score to go up as the wine ages.

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  12/11/2022 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Healthy ruby color with just some bricking towards the rim. First a little reticent, but opening up nicely in the glass. Elegant, pure and pretty complex, this is showing notes of red berries, also some darker fruit, some graphite, tar, some flowery notes (rose petals and violets), some menthol, anise. It‘s medium-full bodied, with very good persistence, it‘s still showing medium-high tannin that is present but good quality. Medium-high acidity adding freshness and overall balance. Pretty long finish. Very classic Rabaja that is drinking beautifully but will have many more years ahead.

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  2/21/2022 - olemski wrote: 91 Points

  These wines are extremely variable, but this is a real hit. Decanted about 90 minutes. A bit orange rim. The dominant theme on the nose is tobacco, with some wet forest ground and roses. Elegant and precise in the mouth, with none of the roughness Nebbiolo wines can show even into their third decade. Really an outstanding wine, and one of the few such from Produttori's Crus that I have owned.

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