2015 Trotanoy
By Chateau Trotanoy
2015 Trotanoy from Chateau Trotanoy, Pomerol, Bordeaux
The 2015 vintage in Pomerol was a harmonious chorus of conditions that culminated in what can only be described as an outstanding year. Within this orchestra of fine wines, the 2015 Trotanoy from Chateau Trotanoy has composed a symphony that beckons the discerning investor and collector alike.
An Exquisite Harmony of Terroir and Time
Chateau Trotanoy's enviable position on the Right Bank plays a masterful hand in shaping its creations, with the 2015 offering providing tangible proof of this estate's astute precision. The wine’s natural concentration is underpinned by the vineyard's famous blue clay, which swelled the Merlot grapes with vital freshness amidst a season favouring ripeness.
Investment Potential of the 2015 Vintage
A single taste reveals a luxurious tapestry of brooding dark fruits, truffles, and delicate florals, underpinned by firm yet silky tannins that whisper promises of longevity. The finesse and structure of this vintage afford it considerable ageing potential—an enticing propeller for value growth within maturing cellars.
The climate throughout 2015 treated the mercurial Merlot grape with a nurturing hand, leading to full but not overwrought expressions in the bottle. This measured elegance propels the 2015 Trotanoy into the upper echelons of investment-grade wines, where nuance outperforms brute force.
Conclusion: A Sound Investment Underpinned by Elegance
The beauty of 2015 Trotanoy lies not just in its immediate taste profile but also in its investment promise—a vintage standing comfortably among other illustrious years from Chateau Trotanoy. With each passing season, this wine evolves within the bottle, revealing layers of complexity and ensuring its position as one of Pomerol's most compelling offerings for connoisseurs with an eye on future enrichment.
Market price (HKD)
HK$22,880.00
12x75cl
Highest score
100
POP score
119.5
Scores and tasting notes
The depth of fruit and length to this is spectacular with blackberry, wet earth, dark bitter chocolate and blueberry character. It’s full and powerful and absolutely seamless. Perhaps the greatest wine ever made here. 93% merlot and 7% cabernet franc.
James Suckling - jamessuckling.com
Packed from the get-go, with tightly coiled dark fig, blackberry and black currant paste notes, while singed alder and juniper accents form the frame. Roasted tobacco and dark earth elements takes over on the brick house finish. A very strong showing.—J.M.
Wine Spectator - James Molesworth - winespectator.com
Composed of 93% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc, the 2015 Trotanoy reveals a medium to deep garnet-purple color and comes prancing out of the glass with the most striking black fruit preserves, plum pudding, red currant jelly and blueberry compote notions, followed up by nuances of rose petals, chocolate box, licorice and menthol plus a waft of wild mushrooms. Full-bodied, rich and decadent, it fills the palate with generous perfumed black and blue fruit layers with a seductive frame of velvety tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and very minerally.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Advocate, 21 February 2018
The aroma of this wine is so enticing that you want to dab some behind your ears. Floral, leafy and very pure, with deftly interwoven oak, succulent tannins, balancing acidity and lots of dark plum and bramble fruit. Fresh, yet extremely well structured. Drink: 2025-40
Tim Atkin - timatkin.com
The 2015 Trotanoy is a blend of 93% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc. It has a fragrant bouquet, unusually understated and introverted for Trotanoy, with tightly wound, gravel-scented black fruit, touches of dried orange peel and truffle in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, tensile tannin. Again, this feels compact, dense, a coiled spring perhaps, but there is plenty of energy here. Perhaps in the long-term, the Hosanna and the La Fleur Petrus might be the picks from JP Moueix in this great Pomerol vintage, but Trotanoy always springs a surprise once in bottle. Trotanoy - an enigma eternal, but we would not want it any other way.
Neal Martin - eRobertParker.com, #224, April 2016
A Jean-Pierre Moueix wine. 93% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc. Clayey gravel and black clay on an iron pan. Notably dark crimson. Very savoury, with marked acidity and freshness. Yet it is more concentrated than any other J-P Moueix wine. A slow burner but should be exciting eventually.
Jancis Robinson - jancisrobinson.com