First bottle of case just bought.
Lovely perfumed nose,. Taste is elegant yet structured, floral, pepper and black current , well-balanced tannins. drinking very well right now. Could not detect any greenness which some find in this vintage. Outstanding .
Keith, I had a bottle of this wine last week and it was lovely. My experience with Barthod in 2004 has been exemplary.
A bottle of Robert Arnoux Vosne Romaneé Chaumes 04 was superb 3 nights ago. Very young, but not a bit of green.
Prepare to be accused of being in denial.
My experience of 2004s recently has not been so positive: 2004 Leroy Gevrey Chambertin was a dead ringer for a Chinon and an 2004 Chevillon NSG 1er Chaignots (tasted with Bertrand Chevillon) had its charms, but had quite a bit of pyrazine in the wine and was a shadow compared to the 2005 1er Roncieres.