he 2003 Trotanoy has a medium to deep garnet-brick color. It features evolved notes of preserved plums, fruit cake, and fig paste, leading to hints of unsmoked cigars and Chinese five spice. The medium-bodied palate delivers impactful exotic spices and prune-inspired flavors, with a lively backbone and lightly chewy tannins, finishing with impressive length. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

As always, the 2003 Trotanoy is a meaty, burly style of wine, but the tannins have all been resolved. A dark plum/ruby color is accompanied by sweet black currant and mulberry notes intertwined with hints of truffles and earth. This medium- to full-bodied, delicious Pomerol is clearly one of the finest 2003s made in this appellation, whose lighter soils did not fare well in this vintage. Trotanoy’s clay and deep minerality have saved it. Drink it over the next 4-5 years. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.