1970 Château Trotanoy

Community Tasting Notes (67) Avg Score: 94.0 points

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  2/4/2023 - rbpeirce wrote: 80 Points

  Over the hill. Should have drunk it years ago. Still very good wine but not what it was when it was 20.

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  9/8/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points

  Guy's Night: Open Your Last Bottle (Jason P's, St. Paul, MN): Very dark red color, 6mm transitional margin. PNP, drank a couple glasses over 3 hours. Drank this next to the '70 Figeac. It was quite a bit bigger and more youthful at this point. But not really as giving, at least for awhile. The nose is reclusive, though it certainly evolves over the first hour plus to show cassis, exotic spices, boysenberry, and touches of blueberry compote. The palate is dark fruited, still dense and full bodied, tart black cherry, black and blue fruits, savory later, wood spice, and a citric note. Soft tannins that linger a bit on the finish. This improved over the 3 hours so there appears to be plenty of life left and maybe some room for improvement. 92+pts.

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  9/8/2022 - galewskj wrote: 92 Points

  Open your last bottle (Jason and Mariellen's house): Pop and pour, because this wine was a substitute that was opened at the last minute. It took some time to open up and really blossomed around the 1 hour mark. This was easy drinking with friendly red fruit. It was so resolved, complex and integrated. That combination seemed odd to me, but there it is.

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  9/8/2022 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Guys Night Out - Open your last bottle of something you had multiple bottles of at one time!: PnP - This was a treat being able to drink side by side with a 1970 Figeac! Even though this had slight notes of faded fruit, I enjoyed the Figeac slightly more due to its complexity, i.e., the Figeac just had more going on....both wines were not in my wheelhouse due to the lack of any real fruit (would have loved to taste these about 20 years earlier). Still, it is always a treat to get to taste older wines....I mean how many people get to experience that?
  
  Nose showed some floral notes and some red and dark fruit notes, with dust and bramble notes (I actually like the nose on this wine better than the Figeac). Palate was less remarkable, showed dried fruit, lots of earth and some cedar notes with hints of leather lurking in the background. A decent wine I was happy to taste, but would not even think of purchasing more....about 10-20 years past its prime (IMO). For those who don't care about fruit (or who have a more sensitive palate than I and may taste fruit where I don't), you will enjoy this wine, but I would recommend the Figeac over this one. 89-90 points for my palate.

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  9/4/2022 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Took an hour to open

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