Château Tronquoy Lalande, St Estèphe, 2018

Name: Château Tronquoy Lalande, St Estèphe
Brand: Château Tronquoy Lalande
Price: 143.92 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2018 2020 2022 2023

critic reviews

92/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2018 Tronquoy-Lalande is deep garnet-purple in color. It delivers rambunctious scents of blueberry pie, chocolate-covered cherries, and mulberries, with touches of cassis, unsmoked cigars, and cardamom. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has generous black fruits and velvety tannins, finishing with a spicy kick.

DRINKING WINDOW 2023 - 2035

date of review 02/2023

92/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A rich, broad-shouldered wine, the 2018 Tronquoy-Lalande delivers aromas of jammy cherries and blackberries mingled with notions of asphalt and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and succulent, it's broad and enveloping, with a layered core of fruit and sweet structuring tannins. Readers who gravitate to more powerful styles will especially appreciate this vintage.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2045

date of review 10/2022

91-93/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2018 Tronquoy-Lalande was picked from 18 September to 4 October and comprises of approximately 25 batches this year. One can immediate see more intensity and precision on the nose, perfumed blackberry and blueberry fruit with a subtle wet clay, like a pottery classroom, in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, rounded and smooth in texture with a fine line of acidity. Plenty of black fruit here and real volume and length on the finish. This is an excellent Tronquoy-Lalande that might have the misfortune of lying in the shadow of the superlative Montrose. But it is well worth seeking out.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2036

date of review 11/2019