The 2016 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno is powerful

The 2004 Barbaresco Rabajà is a total head-turner

Sumptuous nose shows ripe pear

pear and white flower scents

The wines more than speak for themselves

Casanova di Neri, Brunello Montalcino Vintage:2018 The 2016 Barolo San LorenzoTime has not been kind to the 2004 Brunello di Montalcino. Leather, mushrooms, smoke, cedar, licorice, dried cherry iron all signs of a fully mature wine are front and center. Although there is plenty of depth and richness to the fruit, the 2004 has not aged well, especially in its aromatics. There is little finesse or elegance at all to speak of. Both bottles I tasted, one at the winery and one from my cellar, were disappointing. Granted, this is the