The 1966 Trotanoy has always been an impressive wine on the three or four occasions that I have tasted it. This bottle was special because it was brought to a private dinner in Bordeaux with a mutual friend, by the man who made it, Jean-Claude Berrouet. It still has semblances to Lafleur on the nose: a bit serious and aloof, reflecting both terroir and vintage, stern perhaps, yet very well defined with brine-tinged black fruit. The palate is structured and unapologetically masculine, possessing gritty tannin but with the fruit to back it up. Afforded an hour to notice development, I did find that it lost its composure a little and became slightly volatile, yet it remains a swarthy, uncompromising Pomerol. The best bottles will still have another ten years on the clock.

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