The 2004 Cotes du Rhone L’Aubrespin possesses broad, deep, full-bodied flavors, plenty of garrigue, kirsch, and licorice characteristics, and surprising power as well as persistence. It may turn out to be as good as the Chateauneuf du Pape, which I would rank as one of the sleepers of the vintage. Importer: Dionysus, Houston, TX; tel. (713) 822-8007