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2023 Château Trotte Vieille, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Merlot (44%), Cabernet Sauvignon (3%), Cabernet Franc (53%)
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Product: 20231015968
2023 Château Trotte Vieille, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Blend: 53% Cabernet Franc; 44% Merlot; 3% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Trotte Vieille’s calling card is old-vine Cabernet Franc, with some dating back to pre-Phylloxera. The estate makes one extraordinary cuvée from the oldest vines; just 135 bottles are produced (though never yet sold), with the rest added to this wine. There is no doubting the progress here since the new cellars in 2021. This wine is exceptionally perfumed, with sweet violet and iris. The vines are in the heart of St Emilion’s astéries limestone, whose energy lifts the final palate with a floral, herbal character of tarragon and fennel. This is complex and very interesting.

Drink 2032 - 2052

Our score: 17/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2023
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Merlot (44%), Cabernet Sauvignon (3%), Cabernet Franc (53%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Trotte Vieille

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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Chateau Trotte Vieille

A 1er Grand Cru Classé (B) St. Emilion château which has been owned by the négociant house Borie-Manoux since 1949. The company also owns Château Batailley in Pauillac and Château Beau Site in St-Estèphe and is now run by Philippe Castéja. Trotte Vieille (the trotting old lady) refers to the legend of an old woman who lived here in the 18th century and spent her time trotting around in search of local gossip.
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