2012 CHÂTEAU TRONQUOY LALANDE Saint Estèphe, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU TRONQUOY LALANDE

2012 Saint Estèphe

Grapes Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Saint Estèphe
ABV 14%

Made by the Montrose team. 57% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. 30-40% new wood. Proper claret nose. Silky supple and smooth. Fine black fruit nicely restrained crunch but not austere in anyway. On the palate some lovely high-toned spice, quite firm cherry-black and even blueberry fruit. Stays fresh and harmonious. Rating: 90 L&S (Apr 2013)


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The 2012 Tronquoy-Lalande has a slightly meatier/dried blood tinged bouquet with scents of melted tar coming through with time and later a distant touch of mint. The palate is medium-bodied with rather rustic tannins. A bold Saint-Estèphe that lacks a bit of grace, ferrous and overtly spicy on the finish. It has the substance to last, but not necessarily improve. Tasted blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting. Drinking range: 2023 - 2033 Rating: 90 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Sept 2022)

A dark, brooding wine, the 2012 Tronquoy Lalande offers up an enticing bouquet of sweet red plum, tobacco, game, earthiness, smoke and leather. Today, the 2012 is a bit wild and rough around the edges, but it nevertheless possesses plenty of density and enough richness to drink well for the better part of the next decade, perhaps longer. Iron, savory herbs and smoke add complexity on the exuberant finish. The 2012 is going to need at least a few years to settle down, as the tannins are quite fierce today. Still, the Tronquoy Lalande is clearly an overachiever in its peer group. Drinking range: 2018 - 2032 Rating: 91 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Jan 2016)

In 2012, the Petit Verdot did not receive complete ripeness and so it was almost entirely demoted into the Second wine. The nose is quite elegant and refined with blackberry, cassis and just a touch of pencil shaving – quite Pauillac in style. The palate is nicely balanced on the entry, fresh in the mouth with that graphite note evident at Cos d’Estournel. It is a masculine wine with good structure on the finish, if not quite the length of previous vintages. Fine, but somehow conservative and it drops away quite rapidly. Rating: 88-90 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (May 2013)

Château Tronquoy Lalande

This 42 acre Bordeaux wine property is planted to 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot. The vines are planted to a density of 9,000 vines per ha and are close to 25 years of age. On average, the property produces 7,500 cases of Bordeaux wine per year. The wine is produced by the same team that is responsible for the Bordeaux wine being made by Chateau Montrose.

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