In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Château Trotte Vieille, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France. Premier Grand Cru Classé B • Red Bordeaux in 12x75cl. Top critic score: 96/100 (JA). Drinking window: 2024–2055. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 92–94/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 25/05/2021
The 2020 Chateau 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 beau…
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 95/100 · Vinous, 23/02/2023 · Drink 2027-2045
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.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (LPB) — 92–94/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 21/05/2021 · Drink 2024 - 2044
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…