IT0068-20
Cascina Luisin
Barbaresco Rabajà Bas 2020
Piemonte , Italy
| Type: | Still Red Wine |
| Varietals: | Nebbiolo |
| Region: | Piemonte , Barbaresco |
| Vineyard Size: | 310 m. als, 0.6 hectare, 1 vineyard |
| Planted: | 1975 (50 years old) |
| Farming Methods: | Organic practices, manual labour, green harvest. Guyot system. Harvest during the first 10 days of October. |
| Soil: | Rabajà Bas is a specific portion of the historic Rabajà cru, positioned on well-drained calcareous-clay soils with southwest exposure, where vines benefit from abundant sunlight, fresh ventilation, and marked day-night temperature shifts |
| Climate: | Sunny southwest exposure, well-ventilated slopes, moderate rainfall; Rabajà Bas is a specific portion of the historic Rabajà cru, where vines benefit from abundant sunlight, fresh ventilation, and marked day-night temperature shifts |
| Fermentation: | The wine spends about 40 days in cement tanks: during the first 8 days it undergoes frequent rackings to encourage strong extraction, while the following weeks allow a gentler maceration to draw out fine tannins essential for development and aging. |
| Winemaker: | Roberto Lorenzo Minuto |
| Elevage: | It then carries out malolactic fermentation and matures in 30 hl Slavonian Stockinger oak casks for 18 months, gaining structure, elegance, and the classic austerity of Nebbiolo. After that it spends 6 months in btls. |
| Vintage Notes: | Rabajà Bas 2020 benefited from a warm season, resulting in excellent fruit concentration and earlier ripening. Tannins are slightly softer than in the upper part of the cru, giving the wines a more approachable style. They display sweet red fruit, gentle power, and a rounder, more immediate texture. |
| ABV | 13.5% | SO2 | 60 mg/L | Sizes | 750ML |
ABOUT THIS BOTTLE
Cascina Luisin’s Barbaresco Rabajà Bas represents one of the estate’s most distinctive and expressive interpretations of Nebbiolo from Barbaresco. The Minuto family, deeply rooted in the region since the late 19th century, continues to craft wines with a strong sense of place, guided by traditional methods and respect for vineyard character. Rabajà Bas is celebrated for its ability to combine intensity and refinement. It is a Barbaresco of depth, longevity, and authenticity.
In the glass, Rabajà Bas typically shows a vibrant garnet hue and a layered bouquet of cherries, raspberries, and pomegranate, enriched by notes of dried rose, violet, licorice, and subtle hints of tobacco and earth. The palate is powerful yet precise, structured by firm, fine-grained tannins and lifted by a refreshing vein of acidity that gives the wine both tension and elegance.
