WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 924; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1988 which is 862. The average score for Château Trotanoy is 903, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Trotanoy they use words like Tannins, Black, Cherries, Powerful, Fruit, Sweet, Trotanoy, Rich, Fruits, Plum, Dark, Dense, Cherry, Pomerol, Full. The 1988 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1988 but no other wine from Château Trotanoy: Lasting, Capable, Astringent, Mushroom, Unexciting. The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2003) and has been past its best for 6 (since 2010). It normally takes wines from Château Trotanoy around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 15 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Pétrus 1990, Château Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Latour 1995; but better value alternatives would be Château La Mondotte 2004, Château Montviel 2005, Château Pavie Macquin 2008, Château Talbot 2009, Vieux Château Certan 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Trotanoy 1988
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
98 |