Deep garnet in colour. Medium nose intensity with notes of green bell pepper, spices, toast. Medium acidity and tannin. 2004 is not a good vintage but it’s in the drinking window for Trapet. Drink up and will not improve.
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A-little disappointed with the showing for the nose. Medium+ nose intensity with notes with green bell pepper, wet forest, spices, toast, subtle red fruits. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Supposedly for Trapet wine, its always full of fruits aromas, mushroom and truffle. Perhaps its bottle variation or due to 2004 being a weak vintage? I still have one bottle of it and will try to see if its similar notes.
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Last tasted about three years ago. Stony red fruit, soft tannins, Burgundian. But the vintage character is apparent, rendering what could be something special into one of mother nature's cruel burg jokes. I tend to be someone who is very sensitive to LBT/underripe stems. For my taste, an acceptable '04 burg rouge -- it's like a unicorn.
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I was inspired by a recent tasting of Grand Cru wines on Wineberzerkers. They thought most of the wines were ready to drink - and did not have the green notes that most criticize 2004’s for.
Wow were they wrong. Amazing nose of Asian spice, turmeric, raspberry, blackberry, with medium to strong intensity. Many layers here and no tertiary aromas yet. On taste - a bit of a problem. The tannins are still strong and up front to mid-palate. Good acidity. Great mineral finish - this is very complex wine. A great wine which is not even close to being ready. Tannins really need to mellow out. Complexity is there but this needs lots of time. Leaving the rest of the bottles alone.
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Nice color. Nice nose too -- ripe, round red and black fruits, a hint of spice and wood. A little flabby on the palate -- short on the acid and the phenols. Missing that umami component. Good fruit, just not a grand cru drinking experience. I don't think this wine has any where to go, so I'd drink now.
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11/27/2021 - Sean Tay wrote: 91 Points
Deep garnet in colour. Medium nose intensity with notes of green bell pepper, spices, toast. Medium acidity and tannin. 2004 is not a good vintage but it’s in the drinking window for Trapet. Drink up and will not improve.
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10/30/2021 - Sean Tay wrote: 90 Points
A-little disappointed with the showing for the nose. Medium+ nose intensity with notes with green bell pepper, wet forest, spices, toast, subtle red fruits. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Supposedly for Trapet wine, its always full of fruits aromas, mushroom and truffle. Perhaps its bottle variation or due to 2004 being a weak vintage? I still have one bottle of it and will try to see if its similar notes.
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6/2/2019 - french16 wrote:
Mineral and elegant fruit. Very much in the Trapet style, restrained and subtle.
Needed a little time but in a very good spot right now.
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5/18/2015 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 91 Points
Better than expected, given the rep of the vintage. Plenty of forest floor and herb balanced with dark cherry. Worth the spend.
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11/16/2014 - BurgAndy wrote:
Last tasted about three years ago. Stony red fruit, soft tannins, Burgundian. But the vintage character is apparent, rendering what could be something special into one of mother nature's cruel burg jokes. I tend to be someone who is very sensitive to LBT/underripe stems. For my taste, an acceptable '04 burg rouge -- it's like a unicorn.
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7/22/2014 - ashegedyn Likes this wine:
I was inspired by a recent tasting of Grand Cru wines on Wineberzerkers. They thought most of the wines were ready to drink - and did not have the green notes that most criticize 2004’s for.
Wow were they wrong. Amazing nose of Asian spice, turmeric, raspberry, blackberry, with medium to strong intensity. Many layers here and no tertiary aromas yet.
On taste - a bit of a problem. The tannins are still strong and up front to mid-palate. Good acidity. Great mineral finish - this is very complex wine. A great wine which is not even close to being ready.
Tannins really need to mellow out. Complexity is there but this needs lots of time. Leaving the rest of the bottles alone.
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10/14/2011 - BurgAndy wrote: 88 Points
Nice color. Nice nose too -- ripe, round red and black fruits, a hint of spice and wood. A little flabby on the palate -- short on the acid and the phenols. Missing that umami component. Good fruit, just not a grand cru drinking experience. I don't think this wine has any where to go, so I'd drink now.
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