This is an unusually ripe 2011 and interestingly it doesn’t have the same level of complexity as the Epenots

sweet herbs and tobacco

ultra-fresh and distinctly floral nose reflects notes of various white orchard fruit aromas

The 2004 Barbaresco Rabajà is a total head-turner

Bouchard Pere et Fils, Romanee Size:6x750ml This is an unusually ripeSurprisingly forward and expressive for young La Romane with incredibly concentrated, smoky, slightly oaky, spicy black fruit aromas that lead to velvety, dense, tight, understated, broad scaled flavors of stunning length. The depth here is nothing short of mind blowing and this is clearly a notch up from the 2000 if not quite as promising as either the 98 or the 99. Still, with the astonishing level of extract, this could conceivably surprise on the