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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 94/100 · Drink 2025-2048, Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux, Sep 2024

Delivering glass-staining colour and depth, love the smoked undergrowth, peony and rain-steamed earth on the nose, this is great quality, very different in character to the 2009, more focused and closed, less magic right now but with everything in place to take off over the next decade. Campfire smoke curls out of the glass after 15 minutes of opening. 100% new oak for ageing, Casteja family owners.

Critic scores

Critic scores
91
91/100

Average Score

91
90-92/100

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

94
93-94/100

James Suckling

More reviews and scores

91 points
Neal Martin
Score 91/100 · Drink 2020-2035, Neal Martin, Apr 2020

The 2010 Trotte Vieille is very ripe and almost Mediterranean in style on the nose: black olives and liquorice infusing the rich red fruit, just a hint of hung game in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy and generous, almost Châteauneuf in style with a pinch of spicebox and sage towards the finish. Drinking perfectly now, but where is it going to go? Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal.

91 points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
Score 91/100 · Drink 2020-2032, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, Mar 2020

Composed of 58% Cabernet Franc and 42% Merlot, the 2010 Trotte Vieille is deep garnet in color and starts off with some sweaty leather notions on the nose, giving way to a core of baked black plums, dried mulberries and fruitcake plus wafts of fallen leaves and tobacco. Full-bodied, the palate has a taut line of chewy tannins and oodles of freshness supporting the baked berry layers, finishing long and earthy.

15 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 15/20 · Drink 2018-2026, Jancis Robinson MW, Feb 2020

Tasted blind. Deep garnet with brick rim. Bloody and meaty. Perhaps just a touch of something herbal? But the bottle seems a touch oxidised – maybe not the best example. Drying out a bit on the palate, the acidity quite marked as the fruit recedes. (JH)

About the producer

Ch. TrotteVieille
TrotteVieille

Owned by the Castéja family (of Ch. Batailley), this estate is home to some of the region’s oldest Cabernet Franc vines – with some pre-phylloxera plantings that are over 150 years old.

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Product details

Grape Blend

Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13%

Classification

Premier Grand Cru Classé B

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