Trotanoy 2010

Pomerol

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Tasting Notes
Tasted at the Trotanoy vertical in Hong Kong, the 2010 Trotanoy was consistent with my previous tasting notes. The bouquet, this time, was unapologetically Pomerol whereas in the past it has swayed a little towards Saint Emilion. There are still those hints of marmalade that infuse the black fruit, although there is now more mineralité emerging. The palate is beautifully balanced with fine but firm tannin. Again, the mineralité locked into this wine is at a level that I have not seen before, and the energy, the coiled-up tension on the finish is just outstanding. Is it as good as the 2009? Perhaps not quite…. but it is not far off. Tasted November 2016. Score: 96 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025-2060 30 June 2017
As with all the samples from JP Moueix, I leave this for 3-4 minutes in the glass to coalesce. The nose has very good intensity with blackberry, briary, wild hedgerow, cassis, Provencal herbs and orange essence. Very good definition: the more you wait, the more this nascent Trotanoy offers. The palate is medium-bodied with an immediately engaging spicy entry, wonderful definition and harmony, supremely focused with a precision that is top class. This is a sensational Pomerol. Tasted April 2011. Score: 96 - 98 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 29 April 2011
Stunning nose with wild strawberries, vanilla and raspberries. Opens up with a little time in the glass to sweet licorice, blueberries and some graphite. Round and full on the palate with an amazing fruit and refined tannins. Truly superb. Hard not to drink now. Try from 2016. Score: 98 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2016+ 04 February 2013
Think of this wine as the 1998 on steroids! Showing better out of bottle than it did from barrel, this wine has put on considerable weight. It is full-bodied, masculine (as most vintages of Trotanoy tend to be), with loads of earthy, foresty notes intermixed with black and red fruits, a meaty, almost charcuterie note to it, an inky/purple color, some sweetness on the attack, but then the tannins kick in, making the wine seem at least a decade away from accessibility to most consumers. The texture is layered, the purity impressive, and the overall symmetry, balance and integration of all of the wine's building blocks are flawless. Forget it for 10 years and drink it over the following 35 years. Bravo! Score: 98 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2023-2058 01 February 2013
2010: The 2010 Trotanoy should turn out to be as sublime as the 2008. It is a bigger, but more backward and monolithic effort with an inky/purple color as well as abundant black fruit and foresty characteristics. Made in a decidedly tannic, masculine, structured style, this wine is loaded, but a decade of patience will be essential for potential purchasers. (93-95+Points) Score: 93 - 95 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011
Very vibrant dark crimson. Quite light nose. Lovely purity - wonderful balance. Sui generis. Not sure it’s immediately apparent that this is Pomerol. Very eloquent and confident. Polished and aromatic. Lovely freshness. Fruit almost covers the tannins. Score: 17 - 18 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2018-2032 15 April 2011
Dense, complex - a block of a wine this year. Definitely more virile than '09. Powerful tannic frame but layers of fruit and as always a minerally freshness and length. Score: 18 - 19 Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2020-2045 01 April 2011
Extremely formidable from the start, with a wall of tannin-driven power that pushes the core of plum, fig and blackberry fruit to the background for now. Offers loads of flesh, with the tannic surge returning on the finish. Tasted non-blind. Score: 96 - 99 James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011

Tasting Notes

Tasted at the Trotanoy vertical in Hong Kong, the 2010 Trotanoy was consistent with my previous tasting notes. The bouquet, this time, was unapologetically Pomerol whereas in the past it has swayed a little towards Saint Emilion. There are still those hints of marmalade that infuse the black fruit, although there is now more mineralité emerging. The palate is beautifully balanced with fine but firm tannin. Again, the mineralité locked into this wine is at a level that I have not seen before, and the energy, the coiled-up tension on the finish is just outstanding. Is it as good as the 2009? Perhaps not quite…. but it is not far off. Tasted November 2016.

Score: 96

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025-2060 30 June 2017

As with all the samples from JP Moueix, I leave this for 3-4 minutes in the glass to coalesce. The nose has very good intensity with blackberry, briary, wild hedgerow, cassis, Provencal herbs and orange essence. Very good definition: the more you wait, the more this nascent Trotanoy offers. The palate is medium-bodied with an immediately engaging spicy entry, wonderful definition and harmony, supremely focused with a precision that is top class. This is a sensational Pomerol. Tasted April 2011.

Score: 96 - 98

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 29 April 2011

Stunning nose with wild strawberries, vanilla and raspberries. Opens up with a little time in the glass to sweet licorice, blueberries and some graphite. Round and full on the palate with an amazing fruit and refined tannins. Truly superb. Hard not to drink now. Try from 2016.

Score: 98

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2016+ 04 February 2013

Think of this wine as the 1998 on steroids! Showing better out of bottle than it did from barrel, this wine has put on considerable weight. It is full-bodied, masculine (as most vintages of Trotanoy tend to be), with loads of earthy, foresty notes intermixed with black and red fruits, a meaty, almost charcuterie note to it, an inky/purple color, some sweetness on the attack, but then the tannins kick in, making the wine seem at least a decade away from accessibility to most consumers. The texture is layered, the purity impressive, and the overall symmetry, balance and integration of all of the wine's building blocks are flawless. Forget it for 10 years and drink it over the following 35 years. Bravo!

Score: 98

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2023-2058 01 February 2013

2010: The 2010 Trotanoy should turn out to be as sublime as the 2008. It is a bigger, but more backward and monolithic effort with an inky/purple color as well as abundant black fruit and foresty characteristics. Made in a decidedly tannic, masculine, structured style, this wine is loaded, but a decade of patience will be essential for potential purchasers. (93-95+Points)

Score: 93 - 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011

Very vibrant dark crimson. Quite light nose. Lovely purity - wonderful balance. Sui generis. Not sure it’s immediately apparent that this is Pomerol. Very eloquent and confident. Polished and aromatic. Lovely freshness. Fruit almost covers the tannins.

Score: 17 - 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2018-2032 15 April 2011

Dense, complex - a block of a wine this year. Definitely more virile than '09. Powerful tannic frame but layers of fruit and as always a minerally freshness and length.

Score: 18 - 19

Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2020-2045 01 April 2011

Extremely formidable from the start, with a wall of tannin-driven power that pushes the core of plum, fig and blackberry fruit to the background for now. Offers loads of flesh, with the tannic surge returning on the finish. Tasted non-blind.

Score: 96 - 99

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011

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