Purple core, orangish rim with a medium nose. Beautiful perfume of violets, tar, saddle leather, black cherry, smoke and anise. Medium body, medium plus intensity and acidity. This wine showed great class and pedigree with good texture and layering. Balanced with great length.

2000 Cascina Luisin Barbaresco Rabaja
Moderate nose of leather, spice, violets, tar, earth and smoke. Full body, high complexity, acidity and tannin. Palate of black cherry, raspberry, more leather, spice and earth echoing the nose. 90pts