Château Trotte Vieille 1978
Château Trotte Vieille 1978 is a red wine from Saint-Émilion, crafted by Château Trotte Vieille, Premier Grand Cru Classé B of Saint-Émilion. Its blend brings together 49% Cabernet Franc, 46% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The Wine Advocate awards it 64/100 and indicated a drinking window in 1984. The publication described a fragile wine at the time, with a color beginning to evolve, of light structure and little depth.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Emilion
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Trotte Vieille
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 49% Cabernet Franc, 46% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
Château Trotte Vieille
Château TrotteVieille is a Saint-Émilion estate situated on a hillside to the east of the village. Its 12-hectare vineyard, planted mainly with Merlot and Cabernet Franc, includes very old Cabernet Franc vines dating back to before the phylloxera epidemic. Acquired by Marcel Borie in 1947, the estate is now run by the Castéja family.
- Owner
- Philippe Castéja
- Maître de chais
- Valério Mortari
- Surface (ha)
- 12.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 30 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The existence of TrotteVieille is attested as far back as the 15th century by a lease agreement drawn up in the Gascon language. Before the French Revolution, the land belonged to Jean Laveau, who also owned Château Villemaurine. In 1841, it was acquired by Isambert, a solicitor and owner of Château l’Évangile in Pomerol. The estate was divided amongst several owners in 1868, one of whom was the Dumugron family. In 1898, Édouard Jean reunited the property, before being succeeded by his son Charles Jean in 1908. Joséphine Gibaud, Charles Jean’s wife, then took over the running of the estate from 1929, after which the property passed to their heirs in 1942. Marcel Borie, co-founder of the wine merchant Borie-Manoux, purchased Château Trotte-Vieille in 1947. The estate has been classified as a Premier Grand Cru of Saint-Émilion since 1955. Émile Castéja succeeded Marcel Borie, and Philippe Castéja took over the management of the château in the 1990s. The second wine, initially named Vieille Dame de TrotteVieille, was launched in the 2000s and has been known as Dame de TrotteVieille since the 2010 vintage. In 2012, the château acquired four hectares of vineyards from Château Bergat. Philippe Castéja is listed as the owner, whilst Valério Mortari has held the post of cellar master since 2018.
