Château Trotte Vieille, alternately Château Trottevieille, is a Bordeaux wine

Bordeaux wine

A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, ranging from large quantities of everyday table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world...

 producer from the appellation

Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

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 Saint-Émilion

Saint-Émilion AOC

Saint-Émilion is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of France, where it is situated in the Libourne subregion on the right bank of the Dordogne...

, ranked Premier grand cru classé B in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine

Classification of Saint-Émilion wine

In 1955 the wines of Saint-Émilion in the wine-growing region of Bordeaux were classified. Unlike the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 covering wines from the Medoc and Graves regions, the Saint-Émilion list is updated every 10 years or so. Following the initial classification, the...

. The estate is located in the Right Bank of France’s Bordeaux wine region in the commune of Saint-Émilion, in the department Gironde

Gironde

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The estate also produces the second wine

Second wine

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 La Vieille Dame de Trotte Vieille.

History

Situated below Château Troplong Mondot

Château Troplong Mondot

Château Troplong Mondot is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Saint-Émilion, ranked Premier grand cru classé B in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine...

, the name of the estate is suggested to derive from la trotte vieille (English: old trotting lady), invoking a story of an elderly woman who once regularly trotted by nearby roads.

In 1949, Trottevieille was acquired by Marcel Borie, head of the firm Borie-Manoux

Borie-Manoux

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, who left the estate to his son-in-law Emile Castéja.

To date the estate is owned by Borie-Manoux, also owners of Château Batailley

Château Batailley

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 and Château Lynch-Moussas

Château Lynch-Moussas

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, making it the only Saint-Émilion grand cru owned by a Bordeaux négociant. It is currently managed by Philippe Castéja, with oenologists Gilles Pauquet and Denis Dubourdieu as consultants.

Production

The vineyard area extends 10 hectares (24.7 acre) with a grape variety distribution of 50% Merlot

Merlot

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, 45% Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc

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 and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

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. Of the Grand vin, Château Trotte Vieille, and the second wine, La Vieille Dame de Trotte Vieille, there is a total annual production of 3,000 cases.