Giuseppe Cortese 2013 Barbaresco "Rabaja" DOCG 750ml

Fruit for their Barbaresco comes from the best Nebbiolo produced in the Rabajà vineyard.  The wine is matured in varied sizes and ages of Slavonian casks for almost two years.  This is followed by a minimum of ten months bottle age.  2013 is a lighter, but intensely aromatic expression, with notes of hard candy, flowers, mint, lavender, intensity of fruit and considerable personality.  This wine oozes finesse and has the capacity to age and improve for at least a decade.