June 2015
N/V
- 92 points -
(from a whopping 2.02 ha parcel, which effectively means that the Domaine owns 89% of the appellation; because the other owner does not declare the wine under En Virondot, Mollard has what he jokingly calls a commercial” monopole). This is notably cooler and not as ripe as the Caillerets as the altitude of the vineyard is reflected in the essence of pear, apple, wet stone and citrus scents that are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. The vibrant, intense and overtly stony medium weight flavors exhibit plenty of lemon-lime character on the clean, tautly muscular and well-balanced finish that is dry but not really austere. Note that unlike some of the wines in the range this will definitely need at least a few years of bottle age as Virondot rarely drinks well in its youth.
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