2018 Philippe Bornard Trousseau Arbois Pupillin Le Ginglet

Community Tasting Notes (2) Median Score: 88 points

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  4/28/2021 - forceberry wrote: 63 Points

  A single-vineyard Trousseau made with biodynamically farmed fruit. 12,9% alcohol.
  
  Luminous, translucent pale raspberry red color with a subtle pomegranate hue. Very timid nose with understated aromas of dark-toned forest fruits, some pomegranate juice and a sweet, balsamic hint of acetic VA. With some air the nose gains a darker-toned hint of marmaladey richness. The wine feels sauvage and quite acetic on the palate with a light-to-medium body and crunchy flavors of tart lingonberries and cranberries, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of sappy herbal bitterness and a hint of earth. The acidity feels rather high and it seems to get some boost from the vinegary sharpness. No noticeable tannic structure. The finish is is rather short, somewhat acetic and very slightly grippy with flavors of crunchy crowberries and grainy-nutty mousiness that seems to increase the longer the wine stays open.
  
  Yet another disappointing red from Bornard. I've enjoyed Bornard's wines in the past, but these red from 2017 and 2018 have been just big disappointments, one after another. Very natty and mousy wines with excessive levels of VA and almost invariably aftertastes that either are mousy to begin with or turn quickly into that direction. I don't mind that the wine is surprisingly light, thin and limpid for a Trousseau, but I do mind the wine is almost undrinkable with its excessively acetic overall quality and unpleasant, mousy aftertaste. Not recommended.

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  10/16/2020 - jhbehrens Likes this wine: 90 Points

  First time I’ve had a Trousseau. Very elegant and calm wine with cinnamon, apple pie and bay leaf on the nose and relatively lean and acidic in the mouth. Very young still and would probably get much better in 3-5 more years

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