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95 JG.
". . . the first example I had tasted of Trotanoy from this vintage, and the wine was absolutely stellar. I have to give it a slight nod over the more powerful, but less elegant and complex ’64 Trotanoy that I tasted last year. The bouquet is deep, refined and in full bloom, soaring from the glass in a mélange of plums, blood orange, mulberries, loads of black truffles, chocolate, cigar smoke, strong soil tones and a delicate topnote of roses. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and beautifully balanced, with a core of juicy fruit, excellent structure, and a long, velvety and impeccably balanced finish. There remains just a whiff of melted tannin here, but the wine’s blood orange acidity continues to give the wine shape and grip on the finish. This is a great Trotanoy . . ." John Gilman, View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2013, Issue #47 |