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Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion |
Colour | Red |
Type | Still |
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Composed of 58% Cabernet Franc and 42% Merlot, the 2010 Trotte Vieille is deep garnet in color and starts off with some sweaty leather notions on the nose, giving way to a core of baked black plums, dried mulberries and fruitcake plus wafts of fallen leaves and tobacco. Full-bodied, the palate has a taut line of chewy tannins and oodles of freshness supporting the baked berry layers, finishing long and earthy. 2020 - 2032
Tasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux 2010 tasting. The Trottevieille 2010 has a high-toned bouquet with macerated dark cherries, dried flowers and citrus fruit, elegant and unfurling in the glass. There is a lot of extraction here with a sweet core of red fruit: kirsch and redcurrant embroidered with a saline note. The tannins apply a fine, quite assertive grip that renders the finish a little brutish at the moment, but it should mellow with time. Tasted January 2014.