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Château Tronquoy-Lalande Saint-Estèphe 2018

Bordeaux

Red

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3.5/5 (2 customers)

94-95/100

Yves Beck

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94-95/100

Vert de Vin

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93/100

James Suckling

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93/100

Decanter

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93/100

Jean-Marc Quarin

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93/100

The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

silky
balanced
creamy
ripe fruit

"Tronquoy-Lalande is in non-certified organic conversion. Purplish purple. Elegant, complex bouquet, gently revealing itself. Pleasant notes of licorice and dark berries. On the palate, the wine is creamy, balanced, with compact tannins that reveal themselves on the finish. A silky, balanced wine with smooth tannins. What a great success at Tronquoy" (Yves Beck 2019) - Delivery in wooden case possible for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (depending on country and shipping method selected).

Features

Estate

Château Tronquoy-Lalande

Vintage

2018

Designation

Saint-Estèphe

Region

Bordeaux

Grape varieties

51% Merlot, 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc

Terroirs

Mixture of gravel and clay over 8 metres thick

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks

Breeding

Approximately 12 months in barrels, 50% new

Alcohol content

15%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Dark, intense ruby colour

Nose

It reveals beautiful notes of black fruit (blackcurrant, blackberry) accompanied by spicy notes and discreet oak.

Mouth

Full-bodied, with lovely aromatic complexity. Powerful yet silky tannins. The long, slightly saline finish is marked by fine balance.

Serve

AT 16-18°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink from

2024

Drink before

2035

Guard

2040

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with veal in morel sauce, duck with olives or mature cheeses.

Château Tronquoy-Lalande

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domain rated (2020 guide) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

After many years at Château Mouton-Rothschild, Hervé Berland is now in charge of the two properties acquired by Martin and Olivier Bouygues. Less well known than Montrose, Château Tronquoy Lalande, a discreet 18-hectare estate in Saint-Estèphe, is one of the oldest vineyards in the appellation. The wines produced here are splendid.

Decanter

Decanter

Wine rated (2019 guide) 93/100

About the wine:

It's very concentrated and juicy at the same time, delicious with its licorice and black fruit notes. There are traces of heat due to the higher-than-usual alcohol levels in Cabernet Sauvignon (Montrose wine director Vincent Decup called it "the ultra-concentration of Cabernets"), but again, it's balanced by gently seductive tannins. 2024-2036

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domain rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

About the domain :

 

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Domain rated (guide 2022) Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the domains that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the domain :

Martin and Olivier Bouygues acquired Tronquoy-Lalande in 2006, a few months after buying Château Montrose, located a stone's throw away. This very old Saint-Estèphe cru retains its autonomy and style. The management of the château, like that of Montrose, was taken over in 2012 by Hervé Berland. Note the recent production of a beautifully crafted, round and seductive white. They represent excellent bargains.

Wine Spectator

Wine Spectator

Domain rated Recommended (wine producer recommended by Wine Spectator)

James Suckling

James Suckling

Wine rated (2021 guide) 93/100

Domain Rated Recommended

About the wine:

Wonderful aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry and flowers with some plums. Full-bodied, with firm, silky, long, polished tannins. A beautiful linear finish that lasts a long time. Give it 3 or 4 years to open up. Try it after 2024.

Yves Beck

Yves Beck

Wine rated (2019 guide) 94-95/100

About the wine:

After a wet start to the season, budburst began on April 10, 2019. This was followed by flowering, which began on June 4. Tronquoy-Lalande is in non-certified organic conversion. Purplish purple. Elegant, complex bouquet, gently revealing itself. Pleasant notes of licorice and dark berries. On the palate, the wine is creamy, balanced, with compact tannins that reveal themselves on the finish. A silky, balanced wine with smooth tannins. A great success for Tronquoy. 2023-2038

Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Wine rated (2019 guide) 93/100

About the wine:

Dark, intense and beautiful color. Intense, fine nose of ripe, creamy fruit. Silky pulp on the palate, with taste, body and fine tannins. The wine glides across the palate, finishing with a relief of fine spice.

Vert de Vin

Vert de Vin

Rated wine (guide 2021) 94-95/100 (Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche)

About the wine:

The nose is elegant, fine, pedigreed and offers lovely fruit as well as racy minerality, freshness and a certain energy/intensity. There are notes of fleshy/pulpy blackberry, strawberry and more lightly violet, combined with hints of pulpy cherry and violet, racy minerality, a discreet hint of licorice and toasted hazelnut. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, currently finely tight, and offers straightforwardness, tension, fleshiness, a lovely grain as well as greediness, a little unctuosity, depth, silkiness, energy and a fine acidic frame. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of fleshy/pulpy blackberry, cherry and, more lightly, violet, combined with hints of raspberry, blueberry, pulpy strawberry and blueberry, as well as hints of chocolate, caramelization, discreet hints of toast/caramelization and a subtle hint of star anise (in the background). Good length. A little chewiness on the finish/persistence.

The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

Wine rated (2021 guide) 93/100

About the wine:

Beautifully colored, with notes of cigar box, dark chocolate, black cherry and smoky plum at the core, the wine is rich, ripe, round and fruity with a wonderful earthy character already shining through. This is a superb vintage of Tronquoy Lalande composed of 51% Merlot, 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc.

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