Country: Italy / Piedmont
Variety: Nebbiolo
Winery: Giuseppe Cortese / Rabajà Riserva
This has a rather subdued nose that offers aromas of mature dark-skinned fruit, leather, tobacco, cooking spice and a balsamic note. The tightly woven, structured palate offers dried black cherry, ground pepper and intense licorice framed in a backbone of firm, refined tannins.