Barbaresco Rabajà, Castello di Verduno

BARBARESCO RABAJÀ

D.O.C.G.

Vineyard

The Rabajà vineyard (300 m. a.s.l.), facing south-west, is in the commune of Barbaresco, on parcels 317 (planted in 1974), 320p (planted in 1975), 408 and 409p (both planted in 1990) of land registry map sheet V. The total area is 1.23 hectares, all planted with the Nebbiolo variety. The soil is formed by white earth, with a high chalky clay content, , known as the “Marne di Sant’Agata” (30% sand – 55% clay – 15% limestone). From this kind of soil we obtain very elegant and fragrant wines, with a great potential ageing

Picking and maceration

The grapes are handpicked , sorting only the best bunches and placing them into a 20 kilos baskets. The harvest took place on October. The maceration in “tino” (open top wooden vat) lasted for 40 days, with regular punching down of the cap and, at the end of the alcoholic fermentation, we used the traditional technique of the “submerged cap” to continue with a static maceration

Ageing

The wine aged for 20 months in large Slavonian oak casks and 2 months in steel tanks, followed by 26 months in the bottle prior to its release

Tasting notes

Dense garnet red. Opens on pure ripe raspberry notes with mineral, herbaceous and conifer tones. Solid structure with rumbling tannins and long, solid finish

Analytical data

Alcool

14.5% by Vol

Total acidity

5.8 g/l

pH

3.36