“The 2008 Barbaresco Rabaja is without question one of the wines of the vintage in this irregular year. It flows with deep layers of menthol, licorice and spices, showing tons of power. This is a dazzling wine endowed with marvelous inner perfume, great richness and huge staying power on the palate….Tobacco, licorice and menthol wrap around the palate on the intense finish. The 2008 is a stunning Rabaja from Cortese. Incidentally, there is no Riserva in 2008, all of the best juice went into this, the regular bottling.”
— Wine Advocate, Oct 2011

“A pretty red, this evokes flowers, strawberry and raspberry , with an underlying mineral current. Firmly structured, with precision and a long aftertaste of fruit and mineral.”
— Wine Spectator, Dec 2011