Just now I added a Chevillon Passetoutgrains to my little inventory (I'm down to 1,140 bottles, about half my peak). I might have mildly balked at the asking price of $52, but hey, it's Chevillon and I got it for $30 so it was a "what the heck" kind of move. This means I now own two Passetoutgrains, the other a Raphet that I received as a gift.
It dawned on me as I did the input that no one ever brings Passetoutgrains to tastings (I can only remember one) and rarely read about them here. To make sure my impression isn't incorrect, I ran a search. Three of the first four most recent posts on WLDG were Chevillons. Two by Dale, vintages '10 and '17 in '14 and '23 respectively, and the third by Robin. In 2012. Not exactly popular.
And there's less to go around these days. A quick read on the internet suggests that Passetoutgrains production is down by half or more since around 2011 because producers are pulling or grafting over to the more valuable pinot noir. Those that remain are mostly to honor the ancestors from whom they inherited the land.
We all love pinot noir, and we all love gamay and yet collectively speaking we apparently don't buy or drink them when they're vinified together. I have no opinion about it one way or the other, they just don't show up in my world though the one I mentioned having I would have bought at the $75 its owner paid for it given the chance. The situation was a side-by-side presentation of '18s, one straight Bourgogne and the other a Passetoutgrains (Lafarge, I think). He asked us to guess which was which, and half of us were wrong. But that was in Canada and they don't show up in my marketplace--you on the east coast have more options, I'm sure. The Chevillon I just put away came from out of state.
Anyway, I'm rambling and stuck home sick with too much time on my hands. But: why not buy, if priced well, Passetoutgrains?