Tasting Viña El Pisón 1998 twenty years on is a firm reminder that far too many wines are drunk too young

The 2004 Barbaresco Rabajà is a total head-turner

(from Charmes Dessus)

(91-94)/2018+

This is exuberantly fresh with its pretty array that is composed by notes of both red and dark pinot fruit

Rayne Vigneau other_regions Tasting Viña El Pisón 1998Ready to go. The wine is medium bodied, fresh and focused on its tropical, pineapple, apricot, tangerine, honey and spicy personality. While it lacks the weight of the top wines from the vintage, the acidity is good, giving the wine the right amount of freshness and sweetness to make it fun to taste today. It is not a wine I'd wait for miracles to happen in the bottle however.