Winery - Château Trottevieille
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
94-96 Barrel sample. A wine with wonderful concentration, smooth, spiced fruit, the richness lifted by acidity. The wine is dense, compact, a great waft of sweet final fruits.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
92-94 Barrel Sample A big, ripe sweet chocolate and caramel flavored wine, power but opulence at the same time. There are firm tannins along with some juicy black currant flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
93-95 New wood aromas and flavors dominate this firm, dry wine. That makes the tannins hard at this stage, all structure. The fruit is tight, with taut final acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
91-93 Barrel sample. Eucalyptus perfumes are a sign of the ripe fruit this year. Big and powerfully polished, this wine glows with good health, its dry tannins just supporting the rich purple fruit. It's very attractive now, so the tannins and the acidity will have to work to give the wine ageability.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This wine appears to mark a departure from Trottevieille’s normally strict style, showing more opulence, new wood and ripeness. There is still a touch of austerity initially, but from that point, the wine opens out with a great burst of fresh blackberry jelly and stylish texture.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Trottevieille’s style, like its old style yet renewed, offers structure and dry tannins, while there is fruit to give a powerful punch. When it all comes together, this will be in a wine for long aging.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This sleeping beauty of a chateau is showing signs of awakening. With its great terroir, it deserves to make wine like this 2005, dense, perfumed, very ripe, powered with sweet, purple fruit and juicy flavors. It will develop relatively quickly, but then should age over many years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
92-94 Barrel sample. A serious, but elegant wine. It has structure, but that is put in second place to the fresh black plum and dried fig fruits. Lively acidity to give the wine an extra freshness
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
High toast and spice flavors dominate what is relatively light fruit. The wine is austere, somewhat lightweight, with freshness and wood the main elements.
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