A few days ago we released the 2019 vintage of Espérance de Trotanoy.
2019 is an exceptional, if small, vintage. Two main factors led to the small yields: first, a difficult flowering that resulted in an uneven fruit set, followed by a hot and dry summer that led to optimal concentration of the berries.
A few numbers to illustrate this phenomenon:
Trotanoy already had an established reputation for quality towards the end of the 18th century as Pomerol-Giraud, Cru de Trotanoy. This, along with a number of other properties styled themselves as premiers crus. They had, however, little impact on the merchants on the Left Bank and this was reflected in the prices the wines fetched. The Bordeaux reference tome, Cocks and Ferret, first attempted a classification in their 1868 edition (we curre...
Trotanoy covers just over seven hectares, planted on a high plateau approximately 1km west of Pétrus, between the church and the village of Catusseau. The estate enjoys one of the best-exposed parts of the Pomerol plateau and, as a result, it avoided the devastation caused by the dreadful 1956 frosts. The vines are 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, planted with a density of 6,200 vines per hectare. Although the vines survived the 1956 trauma,...
For 44 years, ending with the 2007 vintage, Jean-Claude Berrouet has overseen production of all the Moueix wines, including Trotanoy. His philosophy has always been one of minimum intervention, to allow the wines to express their individual terroir, always pursuing elegance over extraction. There is a twenty day fermentation and maceration in temperature-controlled lined concrete vats. This is followed by twenty months' ageing in barrel, 40% o...
The rise of Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix is a dramatic success story, founded on the vision and energy of one man, Jean-Pierre Moueix.
The Moueix family originated in the Corrèze, a region near the Dordogne where, essentially, Jean-Pierre’s parents subsisted as farmers. In 1929, the Great Depression forced a change and the family moved to Libourne, where they bought Fonroque Grand Cru Classé for what would today be considered a song –...
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