Trotanoy 2025 (1.5L)

93-96 Points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous: "The 2025 Trotanoy is heady and explosive in the glass. It offers huge fruit and equally imposing tannins, all of which make for a pretty dramatic wine, even by Trotanoy standards. Cloves, licorice, lavender, graphite and dried herbs weave through a core of intense, dark-toned fruit. Firm, muscular tannins frame the incisive finish. Yields were a paltry 14 hectoliters per hectare. Christian Moueix added that Trotanoy might require a few extra rackings." 04/26

96-98+ Points, Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com: "A brilliant, concentrated wine, the 2025 Château Trotanoy is one of my favorite wines in the appellation and comes from 7.2 hectares of vines on gravel and clay soils sitting atop an iron and clay hardpan. Its deep purple hue is followed by tons of ripe black fruits, crushed stone, graphite, and dark chocolate on the nose. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, with a great mid-palate, the building structure that's common with this terroir, and a great finish. It's a brilliant Pomerol that will play with the top wines in the appellation." 05/26

96 Points, Georgina Hindle, Decanter: "Clean and fresh aromatics – perfumed black fruit. Chewy and ripe, broad and filling but juicy and charming at the same time. It’s quite pent up, definitely coiled and knitted down but there’s such an appealing softness to this expression – definitely not overextacted but harnessing the ripeness of the fruit and delivering an intense, concentrated wine without the density or plushness of a hot vintage. Plums, blackcurrants and cherries, wet stones, oyster shell and a salty liquorice finish. Yum. Captivating." 03/26

97-98 Points, James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com: "Blueberry, raspberry, blood orange and lavender aromas follow through to a medium body with an intense and energized center palate that gives superb definition and vivid, tight fruit and tannins at the end. 96% merlot and 4% cabernet franc." 04/26

95-97 Points, Neal Martin, Vinous: "The 2025 Trotanoy was picked September 1 to 19 and matured in 50% new oak. This is quite powerful on the nose, almost pastille-like purity with black cherries and cassis scents, although I would not say it belongs in the top drawer of aromatics from this estate. The palate is very smooth thanks to its cashmere tannins. Perfectly judged acidity, very poised, very harmonious and deep towards the finish, this Pomerol finishes on a real high and delivers exactly what you want from one of the best Pomerol estates. The longer you stay with it, the more it seduces." 05/26

94-96 Points, William Kelley, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The most powerful wine in the Mouiex cellars this year is the 2025 Trotanoy. Offering up aromas of ripe black fruits, fruitcake and spices, framed by a deft touch of new oak, it's full-bodied, layered and muscular, with plenty of ripe tannin and sweet fruit but good underlying energy, too. This will require some patience." 04/26

96 Points, Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux: "Signature Trotanoy concentration, muscular and intense, it will run and run. Shows a brooding quality that this wine can specialise in during its early years, and we are truly and fully in the slow and steady 50 year category of Trotanoy. Espresso, pumice stone, sage, roasted coffee beans, olive pit, cassis. 19hl/h, Harvest September 1 to 19. 50% new oak." 04/26