Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2008 published_online For lovers of Syrah that

For lovers of Syrah that whispers rather than roars—think Jamet

producing smaller berries with intense concentration

If you like the idea of "fancy Champagne" without the fancy price (or the fancy attitude)

rhubarb and a balanced

and honeyed sweetness

Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco Rabaja, 2008 published_online For lovers of Syrah 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