Good golly Miss Molly!
Stunning example of a burg. Singing with fruit, poise and grace. Earthy notes give way to a clean mouthfeel.
Textured with ripe cherries and blueberries. Built for the long-term.
@Mike R and Rhonda are just too good to us! Thank you, guys 🙏🏾
Good golly Miss Molly!
Stunning example of a burg. Singing with fruit, poise and grace. Earthy notes give way to a clean mouthfeel.
Textured with ripe cherries and blueberries. Built for the long-term.
@Mike R and Rhonda are just too good to us! Thank you, guys 🙏🏾
Dec 14th, 2019
Not at apogee. The length on palate was clearly from noble terroir. A transition vintage for the current Jean Louis Trapet around the time he converted to biodynamic viticulture and began dialing back the oak. And I forgot to mention: $30+/btl at Berkeley Bowl on closeout during the early 2000s. You can barely buy Passetoutgrain for $30/btl these days.
Not at apogee. The length on palate was clearly from noble terroir. A transition vintage for the current Jean Louis Trapet around the time he converted to biodynamic viticulture and began dialing back the oak. And I forgot to mention: $30+/btl at Berkeley Bowl on closeout during the early 2000s. You can barely buy Passetoutgrain for $30/btl these days.
Mar 18th, 2019
Dark, youthful red. Classic, somewhat sauvagearomas of black raspberry, game and roast coffee, plus a hint of menthol. Utterly silky but energetic wine with superb concentration for this high-yielding vintage. Flavors of plum, dark berries, spices and menthol convey lovely subtle intensity and terrific definition. Really vibrates on the long, rising finish, with ripe tannins saturating the entire mouth. This wine still has a long life ahead of it; in fact, I'd hold it for a couple more years. Jean-Louis Trapet told me that 1999 was his tenth vintage and that at the time he was vinifying "with only a tiny bit of whole clusters." And he noted that it took until the following harvest for this wine to finish its malolactic fermentation. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, March 2018)
Dark, youthful red. Classic, somewhat sauvagearomas of black raspberry, game and roast coffee, plus a hint of menthol. Utterly silky but energetic wine with superb concentration for this high-yielding vintage. Flavors of plum, dark berries, spices and menthol convey lovely subtle intensity and terrific definition. Really vibrates on the long, rising finish, with ripe tannins saturating the entire mouth. This wine still has a long life ahead of it; in fact, I'd hold it for a couple more years. Jean-Louis Trapet told me that 1999 was his tenth vintage and that at the time he was vinifying "with only a tiny bit of whole clusters." And he noted that it took until the following harvest for this wine to finish its malolactic fermentation. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, March 2018)
Mar 14th, 2018
Can’t help but like it bit a little too new world for me, especially considering it’s 99!
Can’t help but like it bit a little too new world for me, especially considering it’s 99!
Feb 4th, 2018
Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
