97

Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2019 Trotanoy is powerful and brooding, and yet it is also less forbidding at this stage than most vintages. The feeling is one of breadth and gravitas, as black fruit, gravel, smoke, tar and incense lend distinctly sepia-toned inflections throughout. Trotanoy needs time, as it always does, but the 2019 should start drinking well on the earlier side, in relative terms, of course. 01/2022

99

Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2019 Trotanoy is blessed with ineffable delineation on the pure, focused nose, which features touches of pencil lead and sous-bois embroidered through a mélange of red and black fruit. Astounding. The palate is perfectly balanced with seamlessly integrated oak and a cashmere texture, complete and oozing effortless class. I don’t know whether to drink or elope with this Pomerol. Better, perhaps, to stick it away in a cool damp cellar for a decade and then make all your friends jealous when you serve it. A serious contender for wine of the vintage. 12/2021

95+

William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

The most powerful wine in the Mouiex portfolio this year is the 2019 Trotanoy, a rich, muscular effort that is also unusually open out of the gates for a young wine from this estate. Offering up aromas of cherries, dark berries, cedarwood, rich spices, sweet soil tones and creamy new oak, it's full-bodied, deep and textural, with a lavish attack, notable concentration and plenty of ripe tannin that asserts itself on the youthfully chewy finish. 04/2022

97

Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur sombre, intense et belle. Nez très aromatique, fin, fruité et subtil. Un mélange d'odeurs de Graves lié à des nuances crémeuses et truffées. Expression très différente. Délicat en entrée de bouche, très aromatique au milieu, avec beaucoup de goût, le vin se développe ascendant entre le milieu et la finale, ce qui est très rare pour un 100 % merlot. Ici la suavité est contrebalancée par des nuances aromatiques fraîches (encre, bois de chêne pur). Ces variations complexes sont superbes. Belle longueur. 03/2022

98

James Suckling

James Suckling

Aromas of peanut brittle, blackberries, crushed stones, violets and blueberries. Full-bodied and powerful with layers of creamy, velvety and juicy tannins. A classic Trotanoy with true character of itself. Wonderful length and character. Best after 2027. 02/2022