| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > St Estèphe |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
This is the new, shortened name of the château formerly known as Tronquoy Lalande. It has a new label and has been sold en primeur since 2022. This property is owned and managed by the Bouygues family of Montrose and the wine has been an impressive performer at recent Southwold tastings - especially in 2014 and 2019.
The 2023 vintage is 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot. Aged in barrels and foudres.
Containing an unusually high 51% Cabernet Sauvignon this year (complemented by 38% Merlot and 11% Petit Verdot), the 2023 Tronquoy offers up aromas of dark berries, cherries, burning embers and violets, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety and refined palate with good depth at the core, lively acids and a persistent finish. Foudres are now complemented barriques for élevage.
The 2023 Tronquoy-Lalande was picked September 6 to 26 and contains more Petit Verdot in the blend this year. It matured in one-third new oak plus some newly-introduced foudres and amphorae. Blackberry and bilberry fruit surface the nose, plus a fresh punnet of strawberries. This is quite delightful and full of character. The palate is underpinned by fine acidity. Fresh and quite marine-influenced, this has a silky texture on the finish that lingers in the mouth, representing another superb Tronquoy from a rejuvenated estate.
Another hit from this perennial overperformer. Deep purple in colour, with polished, concentrated cassis fruit and cigar leaf on the nose. The palate is chiselled, grippy as to be expected from this appellation but giving in its ripe black fruit. Spiced plums, vanilla cream and nutmeg add some sweetness, but this is a muscular, medocain wine. Very good value for money with a deep, long finish.
A crunchy and velvety Tronquoy with blackberry, blackcurrant and chocolate aromas. Lots of blackcurrant, berry and cherry character on the medium-bodied palate, with solid tannins that have a powdery texture. 51% cabernet sauvignon, 38% merlot and 11% petit verdot.
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Tronquoy comes bounding out with eager-to-please notes of juicy blackberries, Morello cherries, and fresh plums giving way to hints of cloves, forest floor, and damp soil. The medium-bodied palate is light on its feet, with a lively backbone and lightly chewy, approachable tannins, finishing on a minerally note. The blend is 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and 11% Petit Verdot.
Medium to full intensity ruby plum colour, higher Petit Verdot than usual in the blend, and it comes through in sappy, lively black pepper spice and dark fruit character, good quality, a little austere. In organic conversion, to be certified 2024. Harvest September 6 to 26.
The 2023 Tronquoy is quite elegant in this vintage. Crushed flowers, mint, dried herbs, tobacco and cedar lend lovely aromatic complexity. There's more Petit Verdot in this year's blend, which comes through in the wine's aromatic presence, and also less Merlot, which is noticeable in the mouthfeel. It's a style I like a lot—more Saint-Estèphe and less of the rusticity that marked some years. This is a very pretty and promising Tronquoy, not to mention one of the most finessed vintages of this wine I can remember tasting. 2027-2038
51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, 11% Petit Verdot. Formerly Tronquoy-Lalande until 2019. Cask sample.
Purple-violet hue. Les rich than 2022 but verve and tension. Juicy, spicy and perfumed with decent length on the finish. Very refreshing. GV? (JL) 13.2%
Drink 2028 – 2038
