2012 Trotanoy Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

JG 96 WA 96 WS 96 WE 94 VN 93 JS 92 TWI 92
JG 96

View From The Cellar, September 2013

This is one of the finest young vintages of Château Trotanoy I have ever had the pleasure to taste. The wine is deep, pure and utterly classic on both the nose and palate. The sensational bouquet offers up a stunning...
WA 96

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2016

Tasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux tasting. The 2012 Trotanoy is clearly blossoming in bottle. Over almost 20 years of tasting out of barrel, I cannot recall a Trotanoy that has so surpassed its showing at en primeur...
WS 96

Wine Spectator, March 2015

This combines serious fruit and grip with a torrent of blackberry, raspberry and boysenberry pâte de fruit notes, liberally laced with smoldering charcoal and tobacco accents. The long, loamy edge drives the finish, along...
WE 94

Wine Enthusiast, May 2015

Dense and complex, this powerful wine has impressive tannins and a solid structure. It does hold plenty of fruit, although at this stage you need to search for it. The character now is dark, dense and remote. It needs...
VN 93

Vinous, September 2022

The 2012 Trotanoy offers blackberry, liquorice and truffle oil on the nose, moderate intensity, and it gains complexity with aeration. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, gentle grip, plenty of white...
JS 92

jamessuckling.com, February 2015

A red with dried strawberries, chocolate and hints of dried tomatoes. Full body, dense palate and a velvety tannin texture. Surprisingly rich and ripe for the vintage. Better in 2017.
TWI 92

The Wine Independent, February 2023

The 2012 Trotanoy is medium to deep garnet colored. The nose is a little tired, with notes of dried figs, prunes, new leather, and balsamic plus a touch of spice box. The full-bodied palate is lively and chewy with...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Pomerol
Vintage 2012
Size 750ML

Pomerol’s famous Trotanoy, whose soil was too hard to work and thus called “trop anoi” (too annoying) in medieval French, is located on one of the most beautiful parts of the Pomerol plateau. The fascinating soil diversity—half gravel mixed with clay and half deep black clay —with the presence of “machefer” or iron pan in the subsoil, brings power, depth and complexity to the wine.

Chateau Trotanoy’s vineyard was one of the few not to freeze in 1956 and today, it is comprised of very old vines, the average being close to 35 years. 90% of the vines are Merlot, the rest Cabernet Franc.

Trotanoy was acquired by Ets. Jean-Pierre Moueix, who own many other properties in both Pomerol and Saint-Emilion, including Magdelaine, Belair-Monange, La Fleur-Petrus, Lafleur-Gazin, Lagrange, Latour a Pomerol, and Hosanna.

Trotanoy is vinified in small concrete vats and the young wine matures in 50% new oak barrels for about 18 months. When ready, this wine shows enormous complexity and concentration. It can easily be kept 25 years or more in great vintages.