1999 Domaine de Trévallon

Community Tasting Notes (47) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  2/18/2024 - Rani Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This is considered a lesser vintage for the domain, but it’s very elegant and balanced. Yes it’s not as big as other vintages but perfectly blends acidity, fruit and tannins. Sweet red fruit, figs and a cappuccino finish. Lovely.

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  2/3/2024 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points

  Fresh, hard to place, balanced.

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  6/16/2023 - Schönibert wrote: 94 Points

  In Bestform! Was für ein erhabener Wein.

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  12/10/2022 - Lordswood wrote: 94 Points

  This was pretty much the best Trevallon I have had. That nose…. that nose is so inviting, interesting, so Trevallon. But you have to have a mature bottle to understand that reference. This time everything was also in total harmony with the nose. A supremely beautiful, intriguing, delightful wine.

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  10/1/2022 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (50%) and Syrah (50%) harvested between the last week of September and the first week of October. Vinified entirely in whole bunches. Fermented spontaneously. Aged on the lees in foudres and oak barrels for at least two years. Fined but not filtered before bottling. 12% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Evolved, moderately translucent dried-blood color with a maroon core. The nose feels evolved and savory with aromas of gamey meat and wizened dark berries, some leathery tones, a little bit of smoky phenolic character, light sweeter nuances of blackberry jam, a hint of earth and a woody touch of old oak spice. The wine feels dry, savory and moderately tertiary on the palate with a medium body and complex flavors of leather and evolved dark berries, some ferrous notes of blood, a little bit of phenolic spice, light earthy tones, a sweeter hint of wizened dark fruit and a woody touch of old oak. The overall feel is impressively sinewy and structured, thanks to the high acidity and moderately grippy yet not aggressive tannins. The finish is long, savory and moderately grippy with a complex, evolved aftertaste of tertiary dark fruit character and old leather, some earthy tones, a little bit of dried red fruits, light woody notes of old oak spice, a salty hint of beef jerky and a touch of blackberry jam.
  
  A fine, complex and beautifully evolved vintage of Trévallon. Nobody managed to guess where the wine came from - I guess the closest guess was an aged Languedoc red with some Syrah in the blend - but nevertheless this was a lovely effort all the same. It's hard to assess whether this wine showed much sense of place or not, as Cab/Syrah blends aren't that traditional for Provençal reds, but since the wine showed such great depth of flavor, tertiary complexity and good sense of structure, nobody seemed to mind. I doubt the wine is going to evolve much from here, but most likely it isn't going to fall apart anytime soon either - it's now at its plateau of maturity and will keep there for years to come. Drink or keep.

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