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Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.
Relief exaggerated ×10 · elevation 4 to 24 m · average slope 1.8°
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Four grape varieties go into the blend of Tronquoy-Lalande: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Each plays its part and enhances the other three, bringing roundness here, density there, aromas or length elsewhere. In the blend one appreciates finding melted tannins, spicy aromas and those scents of tobacco, resin, blackcurrant and liquorice that form the aromatic identity of Château Tronquoy-Lalande and give it a strongly marked personality.
The terroir of Tronquoy-Lalande has a soil ideally suited to the flourishing of Merlot. This variety accounts for the majority of the plantings (52%) and points to a distinctive feature that sets Tronquoy-Lalande apart from its neighbours, where Cabernet Sauvignon dominates. Cabernet Sauvignon follows at 39%, then Petit Verdot (6%) and Cabernet Franc (3%). The vineyard enjoys an ideal exposure, very favourable to the ripening of the grapes. The soil is composed of a mixture of gravel and clay more than 8 metres thick. Gravel has the particular quality of being very free-draining, while clay holds water at depth and releases it according to need. The vineyard lies 23 metres above sea level. The gravel rises formed naturally over the centuries encourage the drainage of rainwater. In addition, the Gironde estuary, very close by, acts as a thermal regulator.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | July mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2019 | 95 Decanter | A hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2018 | — | After a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material. | fiche · PDF |
| 2017 | — | April frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate. | fiche · PDF |
| 2016 | — | A very wet winter followed by a sun-drenched summer produced a rare balance, combining the depth of great years with genuine freshness. | PDF français |
| 2015 | — | A hot summer tempered by August rains gave expansive wines, with rounded tannins and generous fruit. | PDF français |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.
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