Pierre Girardin Vintage:2021 fig and pear notes backed

fig and pear notes backed by more quince and melon on the rounded

The 2016 Trotte Vieille is blessed with a finely tuned bouquet of brambly red berry fruit

slightly reduced and a little bit spirity suggesting insufficient fruit concentration for the weight of oak influence

intense and muscular largescaled flavors possess excellent power before culminating in a stony and hugely long finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth

mildly warm and youthfully austere finale where a touch of bitter pit fruit character shows up

Pierre Girardin Vintage:2021 fig and pear notes backedA fresh and bright nose features notes of various red berries, earth and hints of violet and spice. The is both excellent volume and richness to the round and fleshy yet solidly powerful flavors that conclude in a lengthy finish where nuances of youthful austerity and warmth slowly emerge.