94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
This has a great nose of ripe dark-skinned fruit, leather, star anise and underbrush. Firm and elegantly structured, the palate shows ripe blackberry, cherry and baking spice set against taut, refined tannins. Drink through 2030.
98 Points - Vinous
The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà is brooding in its intensity. Swaths of tannin, acid and mineral notes infuse the 2016 with striking gravitas. A wine of staggering proportion and breathtaking beauty, the Rabajà is the sort of wine I wish every Vinous reader could taste because it captures the essence of place and vintage with so much pedigree and so much class. Black cherry, sage, crushed rocks, menthol and lavender are some of the many nuances that linger on the eternal finish. (AG
97 Points - Wine Spectator
There’s purity and definition to the rose, cherry, strawberry and spice aromas and flavors that are draped on an elegant profile, with a terrific mineral underpinning. Harmony and finesse renders this red approachable now, yet this should improve with a few years of aging. *Collectible* (BS
