1998 Château Trotanoy Pomerol Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

This is getting close to mature. It only took 26 years. But it was worth the wait. The wine is regal, plush, opulent, and intense with layers of perfectly ripe, powerful, strong black and red fruits, truffles the size of footballs, a bowl of Valrhona chocolate, and an orchard of ripe berries. The wine is palate-staining with its non-stop intensity. This is a muscular Pomerol with a refined edge that offers a thrilling tasting experience. In another decade, this could be a triple-digit wine. My instincts say it is highly possible. Drink from 2024-2050.

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The last few years has added much-needed softness and definition here. Powerful, intense and concentrated, the wine kicks off with violets, chocolate, cherry, licorice and dark red fruits in the nose. Big, rich and almost dense, the finish packs in waves of opulent, chocolate-tinged, red fruits. Give it an hour in the decanter.

Backward, this stubbornly youthful, potentially stunning wine is holding out. It takes at least 2-3 hours of air here before its purity of fruit, vibrant, floral, truffle and chocolate covered plums starts to shine. Powerful, concentrated and intense, it is going to take at least 5 more years in the cellar before this starts to pop.

One of the most youthful wines of the vintage, the wine remains an adolescent. Intense, concentrated, powerful and tannic, there is the structure to age for decades. Clearly this is loaded with layers of dense, ripe, black plums and all the truffles required for a sublime experience. But even at 20, this is not fully ready to go.

Powerful, concentrated, and tannic, the wine seems like it wants at least 5 more years to soften. Still youthful, it is impossible not to see all that is going on here. Intensity and concentration, perfectly ripe, black cherries and plums, a truffle filled nose, volume and length let you know you are in for an incredible, decadent, Pomerol experience, if you can show just a bit of patience.

This is one sexy beast that is only starting to show its real essence. Purity of fruit, layers of concentration, silky, opulent, velvet drenched textures and a finish that leaves you begging for another pour, after your glass was emptied, far too quickly!

Still young, but with so much going on, it's impossible to put the glass down, and who would want to? Packed with silky, ripe, opulent layers of sweet, fat, juicy plums, black cherry, chocolate and truffles all wrapped in silk. If you're looking for sexy, you came to the right place.

Violets, chocolate, boysenberry, black cherry, truffle and tobacco scents create an intoxicating perfume. On the palate, the real fireworks take off, with its polished, sensuous, pure silk and velvet textures. The long, fresh, sweet, ripe, black raspberry, fudge and boysenberry finish makes it difficult to put the glass down without enjoying another sniff and sip. The wine is effortless to taste. 20 minutes of decanting was all it took for everything to fall into place. 1998 Trotanoy is what hedonism in Pomerol is all about.

Dark chocolate, violets, black cherry, plums, 5 spice and fresh shaved truffle aromatics is the first thing you notice. Sensuous textures, melted silk and velvet on the palate, this decadent Pomerol is all about hedonism. The long, pure, ripe, dark fruit and chocolate finish remains in your senses for over 45 seconds. Still young, because of its ripe, opulent textures, this stunning Bordeaux wine offers immense pleasure today.

1998 Chateau Trotanoy played the Latour to '98 Vieux Chateau Certan's Lafite. With a nose that needed coaxing and swirling, aromas of chocolate fudge, truffle black cherry, mint, jammy blackberries and caramel coated candied apples could be detected. This Bordeaux wine earns its money with its satin and velvet textures. Rich, thick and voluptuous, this sexy, decadent wine is pure sensuality. Still young, and wanting another 5 years of age, as this wine will improve, this plushy styled Pomerol is a hedonist delight!

One of the true “Rock Star” Bordeaux wines of the vintage! The color remains deep and dark. The nose is explosive with ripe plums, blackberry, chocolate and spice. Stunning levels of concentration. Multiple layers of polished, black and red fruit fill your mouth, taking over your tactile senses! The mouth feel is pure, rich, fat, silky and velvety. There is not a hard edge to be found in this decadent wine. This sublime wine feels like each individual berry was polished on a velvet cloth, one berry at a time! Still young, this absolutely, stunning vintage for Trotanoy will get better over the next 3 or 4 decades!