-Call us stubborn but maybe we haven’t done very well at learning from history. When the 2001 Riserva came out, we said that is was one of the most magnificent offerings in a room full of stars at the Eric Solomon national tasting. The wine never got reviewed and people largely ignored it, though every time we go back to it ourselves we were convinced of the righteousness of our cause. Now we are going to tell you the same thing about the 2004, which bowled us over at two different such tastings, and, as far as we know, still has not been reviewed. It is layered, complex, complete and gorgeous and it is only going to get better. Yeah, it’s not cheap, but it is a brilliant effort, again without a score. So which is better? We’d love to sit down with a bottle of each and figure it out. That would be a good day. For what it’s worth we bought the 2004 because we believe. A great wine.
