12/22/2021
As with all these ancient-vine reds
leading to an undercurrent of charcuterie
A cork 20+ years old is entering a phase of softening and possibly even bonding to the glass thereby making extraction a tricky endeavor
the vast majority of the vines were planted in the late 1970s
Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils, Latricieres-Chambertin 2018 California 12/22/202194 96 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2018 Latricires Chambertin Grand Cru is a magical wine in the making, and readers might think of it as a more elegant, structurally refined version of Trapet's 1999 Latricires. Wafting from the glass with notes of cherries, cassis, dark chocolate, coniferous forest floor and rose petals, it's full bodied, velvety and layered, with an incisive spine of acidity, lively acids and terrific concentration,