2010 Trotanoy
By Chateau Trotanoy
2010 Trotanoy from Chateau Trotanoy, Pomerol, Bordeaux
The 2010 Trotanoy from Chateau Trotanoy presents itself as a testament to the significance of each vintage's narrative. This particular year in Pomerol commanded respect; a season delivered by the wine deities in which Chateau Trotanoy transformed its terroir's gifts into bottled artistry.
A Harmonious Symphony of Climatic Mastery
An exceptional year for Bordeaux, with climatic conditions that innately sculpted grapes of superb quality, the wines hailing from 2010 have set their deeply tinted watermark on the sommelier's atlas. Amongst them, the 2010 Trotanoy shines with a brilliance borne out of perfect synchronisation of nature and vinicultural sagacity.
The inception of the vintage was met with favourable cold and dry winter, allowing for restful dormancy of the vines. The spring blossom was unperturbed, followed by a summer that balanced hot days and cool nights, ensuring optimum phenolic maturation while preserving the quintessential acidity so cherished in fine Pomerol vintages. These factors conspired to create a fruit profile in the 2010 Trotanoy that is both voluptuously ripe and astoundingly fresh.
Vinification and Virtuosity
The ensuing vinification underlined this Pomerol’s hallmark finesse and power. The result is a wine that offers investors not only liquid opulence but also an age-worthy structure that promises further complexity over time. As I let the 2010 Trotanoy enliven my palate, there is an undeniable presence of dense plum, blackcurrant, alluring earthiness and an intricate lattice of tannins that whisper of its intrinsic longevity.
Investment Worthy: A Vintage to Triumph
This particular vintage from Chateau Trotanoy invites keen collectors and investors alike to partake in a journey through Pomerol's finest offerings. Its inherent structure and depth are matched by an ephemeral elegance that belies its muscular frame—a bottle undoubtedly poised for further evolution within the cellar's sanctum.
For connoisseurs seeking a prudent investment or impassioned oenophiles desiring to grace their palates with meritorious liquid, the 2010 Trotanoy is unequivocally one to embrace. Its embodiment of the emblematic grace and fortitude of Chateau Trotanoy's craftsmanship ensures its status as an essential cornerstone for those curating collections of Bordeaux's most illustrious gems.
Market price (HKD)
HK$24,090.00
12x75cl
Highest score
98
POP score
140
Scores and tasting notes
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.
James Suckling - jamessuckling.com, November 14th 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!
Robert Parker Jr - Wine Advocate #194 May 2011
Deep garnet colored, the 2010 Trotanoy has a nose of prunes, dried mulberries and baked black cherries with hints of cigar box and menthol. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers a good amount of muscular fruit with a firm, grainy texture and just enough freshness to carry the earthy flavors to a long finish.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Advocate, 5 March 2020
Tasted at the offices of Ets J-P Moueix , the Trotanoy 2010 is (comme d’habitude) very broody and introspective as this nascent juncture. Give it time, for with aeration it reveals some lovely blackberry fruit, hints of dark chocolate and crushed stone. IT is very well defined. The palate is very well balanced with fine acidity and grippy tannins. It is a bit of beast at the moment and will need at least a decade in bottle. The pertinent question is whether the 2010 is as good as the 2009? Perhaps not quite, as I was looking for a little more finesse and complexity on the finish, but you can never tell exactly how this wine will develop with age. Tasted November 2012.
Neal Martin - Wine Journal Mar 2013