Scores
92
Robert Parker
The 2024 Trotanoy is rich and muscular by the standards of the vintage, offering up aromas of minty blackberries, cherries and spices followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered palate with a dense core of fruit and plenty of structuring tannin that asserts itself on the youthfully chewy finish.
94
Vinous
The 2024 Trotanoy is super-classic. Vertical in build, the 2024 stains the palate with copious dark-toned fruit, graphite, licorice, dried herbs and lavender. It's a beautifully proportioned wine from start to finish. All the Trotanoy signatures are present, but without all of the tannic heft of some of the more imposing recent vintages. That's not a bad thing at all.
96+
James Suckling
A fruit-forward red, showing blackberries, dark chocolate, walnuts and nutmeg with some coffee character. Medium- to full-bodied, this has round, juicy tannins and a savory finish. Builds at the end. A blend of 99.5% merlot and 0.5% cabernet franc.
95
Decanter
Darkly spiced fruit on the nose, blackcurrant, black cherry and plum. Clean and focused, this has fine muscles and some tension - it carries an air of seduction, the flavours extending vertically creating layers of fleshy tannins, juicy acidity, ripe fruit and chalkiness. Filling, on the more forward and expressive side. I like the intensity here, it takes the vintage and adds extra push, density and confidence. Strong but clean, massy but also focussed. Complex with liquorice, clove, aniseed and black chocolate. Somehow this really works. Not a style that many have this year. Great wine! Ageing 50% new oak barrels for 16-18 months.