1973 Domaine Trapet Chambertin

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  11/10/2013 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Brian's 40th (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): Like an aging boxer (think George Foreman in 1994), this was fast tiring, but still packed a real punch. I particularly liked the nose, with its masculine layers of earthy sous bois and bloody meat wound up with dark cherries and spice – a brooding, challenging, yet very attractive bouquet. The palate carried on where that left of. It was very resolved – soft, velvety and nicely rounded-off – yet there was still a sense of mature, old-school masculinity, with weighty bass notes of earth underlying developed flavours of cooked berries and sour cherries, and a twist of orange peel somewhere in there. This was still a very complete wine - while neither the freshest nor most chiseled of Chambertins, it still maintained quite an impeccable sense of balance; certainly good enough to make it a great pairing with beef in black pepper sauce. Charming finish too, if leaving just a bit to be desired in terms of length, drifting off with a little kiss of spice on the back-palate. This may have been better a few years back, but it was still a very satisfying glass of wine. Time to drink up though.

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  11/10/2013 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points

  A bit soy saucy and aged. Loosing fruits and some stewed Chinese bark and milo powder. very earthy

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