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    339
  • Producer ranking ?

    7
  • Decanting time

    -
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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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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Vintage 2016

Bordeaux 2016 in review “A paradox”

by Andrew Caillard MW

The 2016 Bordeaux vintage will be remembered as one of the great years of the 21st century. I haven't been this excited about the prospects of wines this young since the remarkable 2009 and 2010 vintages. At that time, China was at the zenith of its extraordinary rise of fine wines where the highest estates, particularly Château Lafite , had become a backwater currency. Each man a...

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Tasted in October 2018. Thick, thick aroma of superbly intense black cherries and blackberries, exceptional richness, purity and precision, velvety tannin, ultralong and coating aftertaste that last for more than 30 seconds. Heavenly stuff. 

  • 98p

The 2016 Trotanoy is a blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc this year. It easily possesses the finest bouquet within the J-P Moueix portfolio. It blossoms in the glass with exuberant black and red fruit infused with minerals, black truffle and a hint of blood orange, yet there is always something enigmatic about Trotanoy at this primordial stage, something on which you cannot put your finger. The palate is medium-bodied with firm structure, slightly chalky tannins surrounded by wondrous, vibrant black fruit that shimmers in the glass. It is a brilliant Trotanoy that is bound up with energy and tension. Superb from start to finish, this is likely to surpass the 2015 and is one of the stars of Pomerol this vintage.
Drink Date 2028 - 2055 96/98

  • 96p

Medium deep colour. Fresh blackberry pastille praline aromas . Well concentrated blackberry, elderberry fruits, fine vigorous touch sappy textures and savoury oak. Quite sinewy at the finish. Muscular and fleshy with persistent acid line. Very elemental and unevolved. Tasted at JP Moueix. 92 points

  • 92p

Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Excellent nose with wonderful fragrance, juicy plums, crushes blackberries, black cherries, delicate toasting aroma, gingerbread spices in the background. On the palate excellent structure and length, fine and ripe tannins, a Trotanoy with a promising potential, a truly great wine. 98

  • 98p

Ruby. Blackberries, fruity, spices, anise, some chocolate, deeper nose, layered, detailed. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, dark berries and spices, nuanced, detailed, refreshing, concentrated, long. 96-98

  • 97p
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Pomerol, Bordeaux

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