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  • Country ranking ?

    867
  • Producer ranking ?

    23
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Pesto & Mustard Crumbs

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The Story

Château Trotanoy, a famous growth whose soil was too hard to work (« trop anoi » in medieval French) is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region on one of the most beautiful parts of Pomerol. As all wine produced in this appellation, Château Trotanoy is unclassified, but the estate is estimated among the great growths of the region. It was purchased in 1953 by the Ets Jean-Pierre Moueix. Château Trotanoy’s vineyard was one of the ...

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Wine Information

Bordeaux: After four miserable vintages came the hot vintage of 1975 which put Bordeaux wines briefly into the limelight once again. The unsettled temperature in September turned into good weather for the harvest. Grapes were high in sugar content, but for many reds especially Cabernet Sauvignon based ones were lacking of phenolic ripeness. This yielded masculine and even aggressive reds with austere and even hard tannins.

Graves and Pomero...

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Vintage 1975

Bordeaux: After four miserable vintages came the hot vintage of 1975 which briefly put Bordeaux wines in the spotlight once again. The unstable temperature of September turned into good weather for the harvest. The grapes were high in sugar, but many reds, especially those made from Cabernet Sauvignon, lacked phenolic ripeness. This resulted in masculine and even aggressive reds with austere and even harsh tannins.

Wines from Graves and Pom...

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Tasting note

color

Full and Ruby red

ending

Long

flavors

Blackcurrant, Licorice, Nutty, Chocolate, Plum and Blackberry

nose

Intense and Rich

recommend

Yes

taste

High in Acidity, Complex, Balanced, Medium-bodied, Rich, Ripe, Round and Sweet

Verdict

Exotic and Well-rounded

Written Notes

Intense ruby red colour. Very rich and intense nose with ripe black currants, dark chocolate, and cigar box aromas. Medium-bodied wine with moderately high acidity with firm slightly green tannins. Sweet dark fruits, walnuts and licorice flavours in mid palate. The finish is long but little coarse lacking elegance and some fruit to be in great balance. Nevertheless big wine with rich and rustic style. Drinking well now, not improving but will keep another 5-10 years still.
  • 92p

Tasted in March 2020. Very close to 1971 and 1964 in terms of power, structure and length. Great, great complexity, richness and sophisticated touch. Utterly impressive wine with still many years left in the tank.

  • 97p
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Origin

Pomerol, Bordeaux

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