2000 Domaine de Trévallon

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  3/11/2024 - DoubleMagnum wrote: 90 Points

  Four years has made a difference here. It is aging quick, time to drink up.

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  2/18/2024 - Rani Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Ruby purple. Dried herbs and red fruit on the nose - thyme, sage. Very balanced. Fruit is there with very very fine tannins and ample acidity. A hint of tobacco on the finish. Drank it next to the 2001 and much better IMO.

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  9/30/2023 - scamhi wrote: flawed

  Horribly corked

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  5/18/2023 - forceberry wrote: 94 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. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Deep, somewhat evolved and slightly translucent dark red color with a maroon hue. The nose feels evolved, savory and nuanced with complex, savory aromas of cassis and wizened dark plums, some autumnal notes of damp leaves, a little bit of cooked bell pepper, light ferrous nuances of blood, a hint of pipe tobacco, a touch of leathery funk and a faint herbaceous touch of grassy greenness. The wine feels somewhat evolved yet still surprisingly dense, chewy and tightly-knit on the palate with a full body and intense flavors of wizened blackcurrants, some forest floor, a little bit of tart red plum, light evolved and somewhat salty notes of beef jerky, a hint of leather and a herbaceous touch of cooked bell pepper. The wine is still impressively structured with its high acidity and firm, assertive tannins. The finish is dry, evolved and grippy with a long, savory aftertaste of wizened yet barely ripe blackcurrants, some leathery tones, a little bit of tart red plum, light earthy notes, a sweeter hint of ripe blackberries and a touch of autumnal leaves.
  
  An excellent vintage of Trévallon rouge at its peak. The fruit department is getting quite evolved, but the tannic structure is still impressively stern and tightly-knit. The Cabernet portion has taken the aromatic lead in the wine, showing classic Cab elements of cassis and herbaceous bell pepper character, yet still the wine feel more southern France than Bordelais in character. It is as if somebody managed to make a perfect blend of a Bandol and an old-school Bordeaux. Terrific stuff - most likely the wine won't evolve much or at all from here, but the wine is not going to be falling apart anytime soon. Highly recommended. The wine got 5 points from the ten participants in our tasting, making it finish on shared third place.

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  5/18/2023 - rawdealbuffy Likes this wine:

  In a great spot right now. Ripe blackberry, stewed plum, fennel, dried mushroom, rosemary, cigar box. Medium acid. Probably could sit on it for another 10+ years if you really wanted to. Reaffirmed that these wines become profound around the 14-20 year mark.

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