“The 2009 Barbaresco Rabajà is a fabulous choice for readers who want to drink a Cortese wine while some of the more structured vintages age in the cellar. A compelling range of juicy dark berries, flowers, spices and mint blossom in the glass. Fleshy, radiant and supple, the 2009 embodies all of the best qualities of the vintage. Piercarlo Cortese didn’t feel the 2009 could handle four years in cask, so there is no Riserva, all to the benefit of the ‘regular’ Rabajà bottling. A sexy, gracious finish framed by silky tannins rounds things out in style.”