Blanc de Tronquoy, Bordeaux Blanc, 2023
critic reviews
The 2023 Tronquoy Blanc, a roughly equal blend of Sauvignon Gris and Sémillon, has quite a lucid, green-tinted color. It has a pretty bouquet with white peach, golden raisin and light pear scents that blossom in the glass, though never attain what I regard as complexity. The palate is well balanced with a fresh entry, a waxy texture, with lime and orange zest (as noted out of barrel). It never quite kicks on toward the finish but remains a delicious white Saint-Estèphe to drink over the next decade.
The 2023 Blanc de Tronquoy prances out with gregarious scents of juicy pears, yellow apples, and spice cake followed by hints of honeysuckle, mandarin peel, and chalk dust. The medium-bodied palate delivers bags of orchard fruit flavors, with well-knit acidity and finishing with spicy lift. This is nicely done! The blend is 51% Semillon and 49% Sauvignon Gris, with pH 3.04. Jean-Bernard Delmas planted this vineyard of just 2 hectares in 2008.
Fleshy nectarine, stone fruits, white flower, steady delivery of spice and acidity, reserved power power, grilled elderflower, enjoyable. Jean Bernard Delmas planted the white vines here in 2008, 5,000 bottles produced, first vintage 2011, even split of Sémillon and Sauvignon Gris which is unusual in the Medoc.