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  • Country ranking ?

    528
  • Producer ranking ?

    8
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

Château Trotte Vieille is a 1er (Premier) Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion and Borie-Manoux highest classified and most prestigious Château. Trottevieille is a very old estate. A pergament from the year 1453, kept at the Chateau today, shows that the funny name of Trottevieille had already been used for this estate in the 15th century. In the 14/15th century there apparently lived an elderly lady at the estate. The people from the village of Sai...

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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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Written Notes

Medium deep colour. Fresh plummy inky flinty aromas with meaty notes. Deep set plummy fresh, minerally wine with blackberry jam, raspberry frits, fine chalky textures, attractive butter notes and underlying espresso characters. Quite muscular but pure fruited. Finishes juicy ad long with al dente notes. Tasted at Chateau Batailley/ Borie Manoux. 93 points

  • 93p

This vintage is a Cabernet Vintage, very good for this estate having 53% of Cabernet-Franc and 2% of Cabernet-Sauvignon in the blend. Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Excellent fruit, blackcurrants, dark berries, minerality and mild spices, complex approach freshness and depth. On the palate very well structured fresh fruit, elegant with great length. Best Trottevieille ever tasted en primeur arguably? 97

  • 97p

Ruby. Scented, floral, blackberries, elegant nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, ripe, fruity, blackberries, spices, detailed, the most layered and complex yet refreshing I have tasted from here, long. 93-95

  • 94p
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Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux
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