The 2014 Barbaresco Crichët Pajè is an absolutely exquisite wine that shows how compelling this vintage is in Barbaresco. Fresh, vibrant and wonderfully deep, the 2014 races out of the glass, showing tremendous depth, energy and pedigree. Crushed red-toned fruit, orange peel, rose petal, anise and mint are some of the many aromas and flavors that develop, but its really the wine's balance that impresses more than anything else. It's a super classic wine from Alfredo and Luca Roagna.

The 2014 Barbaresco Crichët Pajé is a slender and extremely delicate wine with fragile floral aromas of roses or fresh violets picked off the forest floor. Those bright aromas are framed by light mineral shadings, aniseed and iron ore. The tannins are a little more structured here, yet they maintain that magical lightness and ethereal quality that you get across the Roagna portfolio. You will remember that 2014 saw lots of rain and cooler average temperatures, but many of Piedmont's best wines turned out especially graceful as a result of these conditions. This wine sees an extended eight-year aging period in both oak cask and cement. I tasted bottle 828 of only 1,640 made.