Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2016 123025CONCOSA with roots dating back to

with roots dating back to 1810

where Le Mont is all mineral cut and Clos du Bourg is the powerful one

drizzling over fruit

The nose is an inviting mix of dark berries—black cherries and raspberries—complemented by subtle floral aromas of rose and violet

and clay soils give Starey a fine-grained

Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2016 123025CONCOSA with roots dating back toRabaj is one of Barbaresco's great crus, and the Cortese family has farmed a chunk of it for generations from their cellar right in the heart of the vineyard a natural amphitheater beside Asili looking out over Martinenga, running from roughly 235 to 315 meters and facing south and southwest. This is old school, traditional Barbaresco: Nebbiolo grown on the prized marl limestone slopes of Rabaj, fermented in stainless steel and old cement tanks with a