2023 Trotanoy

Sporting a deep purple hue, the 2023 Château Trotanoy reveals ripe black fruits, iron, graphite, smoky tobacco, and crushed stone on the nose. It's a rich, medium to full-bodied, deep, dense Pomerol that has the classic structured frame of this terroir, ripe, building tannins, tons of chalky minerality, and a great finish. I almost always find a sanguine, bloody character in this wine, and it's certainly present in the 2023. This will need a decade of bottle age to reach its prime drinking plateau and will be long-lived. Drink 2035-2063.

The 2023 Trotanoy is one of the most elegant Trotanoys in recent memory. I especially admire its svelte, vertical personality. There's plenty of Trotanoy energy, but the 2023 is not as imposing as most recent vintages have been. Dark red/purplish fruit, rose petal, lavender, mocha and pomegranate all build beautifully with a bit of time in the glass.

The 2023 Trotanoy has an enticing bouquet that leans more toward red fruit compared to recent vintages, beautifully defined with raspberry, white-tipped strawberry, loam and light leather scents, less floral perhaps than previous vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, wonderful body and depth, grippy with a judiciously spiced finish that lingers temptingly in the mouth. What a gorgeous Pomerol... again.