Château Trotanoy

This offers dark, mineral aromatics, allied to sweetly spiced blackberry. There is attractive density of fruit complemented by vibrant acidity. Surprisingly silky, beautifully extracted and impeccably balanced.

Esperance de Trotanoy 2016

L'Espérance de Trotanoy is essentially the little brother of Château Trotanoy. The product of younger vines, it reveals hallmark Trotanoy power, intensity and mid-term ageing potential, but is more approachable in youth.

A wine critic wrote, "I would hop on a plane and travel the world to have a sip of an ancient Château Trotanoy." Luckily, we have its second wine in stock.

This offers dark, mineral aromatics, allied to sweetly spiced blackberry. There is attractive density of fruit complemented by vibrant acidity. Surprisingly silky, beautifully extracted and impeccably balanced.

Esperance de Trotanoy 2012

Black cherry and fine smokiness on the nose, with quite beautiful violet perfume. With more time in the glass, the aromas become more red-fruited and open - very 2015, very accessible. Finely textured on the fore-palate, with charming soft, silkily giving blackcurrant fruit, offset by a detailed tannic framework. You feel this gives a glimpse of what the grand vin might achieve in the future. A showstopper!

Chateau Trotanoy 2014

Canny observers have noted the almost inexorable rise of this great estate to the highest level in Pomerol. Partly because of its affinity with Pétrus, through a shared soil structure of pure clay that runs through a significant part of the vineyard (and from which its name “Trop Ennuie” or “too much hard work” derives) and partly because of an extensive replanting programme at the beginning of the 1980s it has now achieved a perfect level of maturity and quality. Deepest ruby in colour and quite opaque, this is a sleeping giant on the nose, broodingly rich, and spicy with an old vine perfume. The palate is measured and profound with darkly rich, layered, supple silken fruits, producing not only a sonorous, powerful structure but a pure, fresh “attack” to the finish which again is in perfect balance; a hallmark of the best qualities of what is unquestionably a Pomerol vintage. Great wine.

Canny observers have noted the almost inexorable rise of this great estate to the highest level in Pomerol. Partly because of its affinity with Pétrus, through a shared soil structure of pure clay that runs through a significant part of the vineyard (and from which its name “Trop Ennuie” or “too much hard work” derives) and partly because of an extensive replanting programme at the beginning of the 1980s it has now achieved a perfect level of maturity and quality. Deepest ruby in colour and quite opaque, this is a sleeping giant on the nose, broodingly rich, and spicy with an old vine perfume. The palate is measured and profound with darkly rich, layered, supple silken fruits, producing not only a sonorous, powerful structure but a pure, fresh “attack” to the finish which again is in perfect balance; a hallmark of the best qualities of what is unquestionably a Pomerol vintage. Great wine.

Chateau Trotanoy 2015

Chateau Trotanoy 2010

Chateau Trotanoy 2018

Chateau Trotanoy 2016

Chateau Trotanoy 2001