Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2008 CS20230901 with a mineral core that

with a mineral core that enhances its structure

fun and refreshing

or just sipping something soulful and rare with great conversation

Castello di Verduno has belonged to the Burlotto family since 1909

Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2008 CS20230901 with a mineral core thatSeventeen years of cellar time and the wine is just hitting its stride. Giuseppe Cortese has farmed in Rabaj Barbaresco's most aristocratic cru, alongside Asili and Martinenga for generations, and the family approach is unwaveringly traditional: south facing calcareous marl, vines pushing seventy years old, extended levage in large neutral Slavonian casks. The 2008 vintage was a classical, structured Piedmont year, and time has done what time does to