Decanter: 95 Punkte
"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." - Georgina Hindle (04/2025)
Jane Anson: 94 Punkte
"A serious Trotanoy, as you would expect in the vintage, this has juice and restraint and a slow build. It grows on me more and more as it opens, spiralling with violet and peony flowers, graphite and slate, but it has less of the immediacy of La Fleur-Pétrus, and in this vintage, you might want to take your pleasures where you can find them. Instead this is one to bet on, knowing the exceptional ability of this estate to deliver over the long-term, even in difficult vintages. 50% new oak. Harvest 17 to 28 September, no chaptilisation. No plans for a 2nd wine (Esperance de Trotanoy) in this vintage." (04/2025)
