2022 Château Tronquoy-Lalande En Primeur
Due for release shortly, Château Tronquoy-Lalande is a Cru Bourgeois estate in St-Estèphe and the sibling-estate to the illustrious Château Montrose. From the 2022 vintage, the wine will be known as simply Tronquoy, so we will refer to it as that hereafter.
Tronquoy was one of the first vineyards planted in St-Estèphe, in 1791. Francois Tronquoy opposed the 1855 Classification, hence this estate is the one that got away, remaining a humble St-Estèphe commune wine. Before the Bouygues brothers bought both châteaux in 2006, Tronquoy was underperforming and relatively overlooked in this country. Following a ten million euro renovation, recent vintages have shown rapid improvement.
Tronquoy have not released their wines en primeur of late, so the 2022 marks a return to confidence that the wine measures up to its ownership. This new release will eventually be bottled with a more contemporary label, which nods at the link with Montrose.
Offered En Primeur, landing in spring 2025.
Magnums available with £15 ex-VAT bottling surcharge, please enquire re other formats.
To order, e-mail us at sales@richardkihl.ltd.uk
Producer Profile
Château Tronquoy-Lalande, Cru Bourgeois St-Estèphe
Château Tronquoy-Lalande is a cru bourgeois in St-Estèphe, the sibling-estate to the illustrious Château Montrose. The estate takes its name from its first owner, Francois Tronquoy, and 'La Lande', meaning 'heath land'. The château was built in the 18th century by the architect of the Grand Théâtre in Bordeaux.
Before the Bouygues brothers bought both châteaux in 2006, Tronquoy-Lalande was under-performing and relatively overlooked in this country. Following a ten million euro renovation (including a gravity-fed system and a ground-breaking conversion to geothermal power) recent vintages have shown rapid improvement.
The estate is owned by the Bouygues family (Martin and Olivier Bouygues own a construction and communications empire in France which includes TV channel TF1). The family also own Clos Rougeard in Saumur and a share in Domaine Henri Rebourseau in the Côte de Nuits. The second wine of the estate is Tronquoy de Sainte Anne and a white wine is also produced, Château Tronquoy-Lalande Blanc.
The vineyards are comprised of 30 hectares, planted to a high proportion of Merlot for a right bank estate (52%), with 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot and just 3% Cabernet Franc. Like Latour, Tronquoy-Lalande was not part of the en primeur system until the 2022 vintage and previously released its wines in bottle at around 3-4 years after the vintage.
