The 2004 Barbaresco Rabajà is a total head-turner

airy and ultra pure nose of mineral-suffused red pinot fruit that is in perfect keeping with the finely detailed

white flowers and clear honey

An ultra-elegant nose exhibits a broad range of spice and floral elements on the black cherry and plum-suffused aromas

A completely different aromatic profile is present here with its fresh and cooler dark berry fruit scents that are liberally sprinkled with notes of wild flower and the sauvage

Michel Lafarge, Volnay Clos Chenes other_regions_italy The 2004 Barbaresco Rabajà is(from 45+ year old vines that sit just above Champans). A brooding but wonderfully fresh nose mingles notes of various red berries, spice, earth and plenty of floral influences. The sleek, intense and muscular largescaled flavors possess excellent power before culminating in a stony and hugely long finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. This too is explicitly built for the long haul and is a wine thats going to need at least a decade first.