| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
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This wine has closed down considerably, but has a lot of potential for long-term aging. Yields were ridiculously low (8 hectoliters per hectare) because a hailstorm on May 13 wiped out much of the vineyard. The final blend of 67% Cabernet Franc, 31% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon displays a dense ruby/purple color and loads of chocolate, crushed rocks, truffles and earth as well as subtle vanillin. Some black currants also make an appearance in this deep, chewy, structured, backward wine. This is a true vin de garde that needs at least 8-10 years of cellaring ans should drink well over the following 20+ years.
Aromas of blueberries, with fresh flowers and sandalwood. Full body, with lots of wonderful ripe fruit and silky tannins. It goes on for a long time at the finish. Best ever from here. Try in 2018
Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2009 Trotte Vieille gives up notions of spice cake, potpourri and dusty soil with a core of prunes, chocolate-covered cherries and new leather. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has quite a chewy texture with a refreshing line cutting through the evolved, savory layers, finishing a little firm.
This rich red Bordeaux lives up to 2009’s image of opulence. Now fully developed with some caramel character wrapped around the solid tannic core. Long, robust finish. Drink or hold. (Horizontal Tasting, London, 2019)
In 2009, 10-hectares was destroyed by hail on 3rd May. They waited for 10 days to assess the damage and the vine started to grow and they removing the second- generation grapes. A blend of 67% Cabernet Franc, 31% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon has an attractive, lifted bouquet of boysenberry, briary and cassis that is still very primal. The oak may need another few months to fully integrate. The palate is very smooth - this wine positively gliding across the mouth. It has lovely sweetness on the silky smooth finish - perhaps more forward than say, Pavie-Macquin, but full of deliciousness. Tasted December 2012.
Tasted at Chateau Trottevieille. May 13th 2009 at four in the morning will be forever remembered as the time when this vineyard was almost destroyed by hail. With the help of Denis Dubourdieu and Gilles Pauquet, they opted to wait for the vines to grow rather then re-prune. The result is just 8,000 bottles of the 2009, a blend of 67% Cabernet Franc, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon (picked on 12th and 13th October) and just 31% Merlot picked on October 10th. So a very different Trottevieille: very pure on the nose, dense black fruits, slightly leafy with touches of tar and graphite from the Cabernets, the palate is full-bodied with rigid tannins at the moment, rendering this a much more masculine Trottevieille, but one not without balance and precision. What it lacks in depth, it compensates in elegance and finesse, although it would have been nice to have al little more fleshy Merlot on the finish. That notwithstanding, a victory stolen from the hands of disaster. Tasted March 2010.
