Appellations

Trotte Vieille 2020

St Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Classé B

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Tasting Notes

The 2020 Trotte Vieille is fabulous. Rich, inky and explosive, the 2020 offers up an exotic mélange of jammy dark fruit, espresso, bittersweet chocolate, cloves and incense. Sumptuous and flamboyant to the core, Trotte Vieille has a ton of personality. Big chocolaty tannins frame the sumptuous finish. This has come together very well.

Score: 95 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2027-2045 Date: 23 February 2023

The 2020 Trotte Vieille is laced with inky, jammy dark fruit, licorice and bittersweet chocolate. This heady, potent Saint-Émilion is not exactly subtle, but it does offer tons of intensity in an opulent, heady style. The only thing missing is a bit of midpalate pliancy and overall persistence.

Score: 92 - 94 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2030-2050 Date: 01 June 2021

Always one of the latest to harvest, as this is located directly on the limestone plateau, with 12ha of vines. Intense and focused, showing sculpted blueberry and black cherry fruit, grilled cocoa bean and tar, the tannins close in pretty tightly through the palate, and it needs plenty of time in the glass to reveal the gunsmoke and violet edges. Great ageing potential here, this is living up to En Primeur potential.

Score: 96 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2027-2042 Date: 15 February 2023

The 2020 TrotteVieille has a backward nose that gradually opens, with layers of blackberry and raspberry, freshly rolled tobacco, clean and precise. This is classy. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, beautifully balanced and finely structured. A dash of black pepper toward the persistent finish. This is living up to its full potential and should develop with class in bottle.

Score: 94 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2028-2055 Date: 08 February 2023

The 2020 TrotteVieille is quite broody and backward on the nose at first, demanding 15–20 minutes to open. It then reveals blackberry, sea spray/marine scents and hints of crushed chalk and pencil box. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a firm structure, indicating that this is a Saint-Émilion that should be cellared for several years. There is a lovely touch of white pepper and allspice toward the finish. I suspect this is a TrotteVieille that will reward the patient.

Score: 92 - 94 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2028-2055 Date: 01 May 2021

The 2020 Château Trotte Vieille is an exotic, incredibly perfumed Saint-Emilion that comes from a cooler terroir on the upper plateau. Vivid purple-hued, with a crazy nose of blue fruits, violets, flowers, and graphite, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a pretty, focused texture, ample tannins, and a great finish. I love its elegance and purity on the palate, and it’s a beautiful wine in the making.

Score: 92 - 94 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 25 May 2021

The 2020 Trotte Vieille is a blend of 95% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, aging for an anticipated 16 months in French oak barrels, 80% new. The alcohol is 15%. Opaque purple-black in color, it bursts from the glass with vivacious notes of wild blueberries, ripe, juicy black plums and black raspberries, plus hints of lilacs, star anise and tar with a touch of wild thyme. The rich, full-bodied palate coats the mouth with black fruits and exotic spice sparks, framed by grainy tannins and just enough freshness, finishing on a fragrant earth note.

Score: 92 - 94 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2024 - 2044 Date: 21 May 2021

Fantastic texture and structure to this wine with firm, silky tannins that go on and on. Love the crushed blackberries, blueberries and salt. Floral and mineral character, too. Full and tight with great length. Chewy at the very end, indicating real structure. All about structure and length. 50% cabernet franc, 49% merlot, and 1% cabernet sauvignon.

Score: 98 - 99 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 20 April 2021