John Van Trijp

10

What a wine!!!! — 5 days ago

Vanessa

9.4

The Rocca family makes Barbaresco wines today from various places, but their Rabajà vineyard is a PRIZED family heirloom, first acquired by Luisa and Francesco’s grandfather in the 1950s. The Nebbiolo vines now have an average age of 50-60 years. 🍇

Here we have the 2007 Bruno Rocca ‘Rabajà’ which is pale garnet in appearance.  Nebbiolo can make unexpectedly pale wines, despite having such a strong structure of tannins & acidity that provide runway for aging in the bottle 👀

As a ‘Barbaresco DOCG’, we know this wine was legally required to undergo extensive aging before release, softening tannins and lending complexity through secondary characteristics. 🪵

Indeed, this wine is layered in aromas and flavors including fig, red plum, black cherry, pomegranate, potpourri, rose, dried orange peel, black licorice, sandalwood, vanilla, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, star anise, tobacco, cigar, forest floor, mushroom, and leather.  It’s gorgeous and in an amazing place 😍

Cheers to the talented Rocca family and the deliciousness of this Rabajà Nebbiolo expression!!
— a month ago

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Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Beautiful, purple-red, well balanced somewhat young, very nice in a couple years — 3 months ago

Jack Krawczyk

9.5

thick fresh green pepper on the nose — 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.7

Gosh when Lafon with some age is on, so so good. A perfect bottle of ‘09 Charmes from the pristine cellar at Emeril’s, remarkably fresh and seamlessly balanced with both ripeness and definition, a voluminous texture with layered crystalline minerality, citrusy acids and a captivating almond-pastry cream bouquet. Couldn’t have shown any better. Just look at that color! — a month ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Excellent wine

Paired well with manchego

Paired well with lobster

Paired well with white truffle dusted potatoes

Paired well with the Super Bowl

— 2 months ago

Justin Bothur

8.9

Ripe red fruit, subtle leather and sandalwood tones. Earthy. — a month ago

Vino Joe

9.2

Mature but still with legs. Earthy, mushrooms, weighty. Solid but a bit underperforming for me. — 2 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Showing super well. Already quite complex with great voluminous texture. Love Lafon. — 2 months ago

Nagib Nasr

9.0

Quite nice. — 2 months ago