2025, Château Trotanoy, POMEROLTrotanoy is one of the top names of the Pomerol appellation and is has been made by the Jean Pierre Moueix company since 1953. The most powerful wine in the Mouiex cellars this year is the 2025 Trotanoy. Offering up aromas of ripe black fruits, fruitcake and spices, framed by a deft touch of new oak, it's full bodied, layered and muscular, with plenty of ripe tannin and sweet fruit but good underlying energy, too. This will require some patience. 94

50% first wine

bright fruit flavors and a long

There's a lot of gravitas and substance here

charcoal slate character

evocative and sensual

The grapes are lightly crushed before being pressed to ease juice extraction

sexy and smoky wine with a ton of complex flavours combining berry fruits with spices swirling through

the 2022 Volnay Les Santenots 1er Cru was the first vineyard to be picked

Extremely fine yet defined tannins

Dark red-fleshed fruits

loamy soil and creamy but nicely integrated new oak

like the Bouzeron 2023 a sensation of vibration around the wine