Saint-Émilion · France

Château Trotte Vieille

Vineyard blend

49 % Merlot
46 % Cabernet Franc
5 % Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

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The wine

Classified Premier Grand Cru in the Saint-Émilion AOC since 1955, Château TrotteVieille is recognised as one of the greatest wines of Saint-Émilion.

Acquired on impulse by Marcel Borie in 1947, the estate is now managed by the Castéja family.

Terroir

Château TrotteVieille occupies a superb hillside east of the village of Saint-Émilion; the vineyard extends over a 12-hectare terroir planted with 49% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is one of the few estates still holding very old Cabernet Franc vines dating from before phylloxera.

Vintages on record

Vintage	Best score	Vintage character	Technical sheet
2025	—	A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness.	fiche · PDF
2024	—	A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early.	fiche · PDF
2023	—	Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising.	PDF français · PDF anglais
2022	—	The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness.	PDF français · PDF anglais
2021	—	Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.	PDF français · PDF anglais
2020	—	An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.	fiche · PDF
2019	—	A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance.	PDF anglais
2017	—	Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot.	PDF anglais
2012	—	Merlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank.	PDF français · PDF anglais
2011	—	A warm spring followed by a wet summer gave classic wines, best drunk relatively young.	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.

All technical sheets

The estate’s grand vin and other cuvées, vintage by vintage: VinCod sheet and printable PDF.

Château Trotte VieilleGrand vinRouge · 3 vintages

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Texts and documents 2025

The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.

Technical sheet (PDF)Technical sheet PDF · French

Visuals

For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, lifestyle photos. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.

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