Producer Profile
Area under vines: 7,2 hectares
Soils: clay and deep black clay basement dirt iron
Average age of the vines: 35 years
Production: 25 000 bottles a year
Grape varieties:
- Merlot 90%
- Cabernet Franc 10%
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Tasting Notes
Vinous 96.5
The 2019 Trotanoy offers brambly red fruit and autumn bonfire on the nose, understated at first but gaining intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins and fine acidity. Black pepper infuses the red fruit, harmonious with a clean and precise finish. I admire the manner in which this fans out and it should drink well for 20-30 years. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. [Neal Martin, 28/02/2023]
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2050
Robert Parker 95
The most powerful wine in the Mouiex portfolio this year is the 2019 Trotanoy, a rich, muscular effort that is also unusually open out of the gates for a young wine from this estate. Offering up aromas of cherries, dark berries, cedarwood, rich spices, sweet soil tones and creamy new oak, it’s full-bodied, deep and textural, with a lavish attack, notable concentration and plenty of ripe tannin that asserts itself on the youthfully chewy finish. [William Kelley, 17/03/2022]
Anticipated maturity: 2029-2059
JancisRobinson.com 18+
100% Merlot. Deep crimson hue. Dark and very dense, all curled up within itself. Enormous power and concentration but the fruit and tannins suave. Huge intensity. Goes on and on. Long life assured. (JL) [08/12/2021]
Anticipated maturity: 2030-2050