I wanted to see if WS had finally tasted Tronquoy-Lalande from the bottle, considering it gave it a whopping 92-94 from barrel. When I did my search, not only did I not find the bottle tasting, but I did not even find their previous barrel note! What gives? Why didn't WS ever taste this from the bottle after it gave such a high mark to it from barrel. Having tasted the wine, I think I know why, but I would like WS to comment.
I did find the 2002 barrel note, but no 2000:
Winery: Château Tronquoy-Lalande Wine: St.-Estèphe 2002 Score: Barrel Tasting Barrel Tasting Price: $NA Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Issue: Jun 30, 2003
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Slightly overextracted, with big and dry tannins, but good berry and spice character. Very hollow in the center palate. Curious where this is going. Score range: 80-84 (JS)
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Posts: 437 | Location: "Under a Western Sky" | Registered: Feb 06, 2003
I noticed the same thing about the 2001 Cal Cab Barrel tastings. I cannot seem to be able to find them in the review search engine. At first I thought that perhaps they removed the barrel tastings when they came out with the bottle tasting, but I noticed that I cannot seem to find barrel tastings that I know that I previously saw and for which there is not yet a bottle review:
examples: 2001 Spottswoode barrel tasting 2001 Chateau Souverain Cab 2001 Lakota (I am pretty sure I saw this before). 2001 Pride 2001 Caymus 2001 Lewis
Posts: 2 | Location: San Francisco, CA | Registered: Feb 15, 2004
I don't think WS scored the 2000 Tronquoy-Lalande from bottle and I don't know why. All I can say is that it happens sometimes with all critics. I have seen barrel scores from WS, WA and many other experts which are never followed up with a bottle tasting.
The barrel TN for this wine was posted by WS in the Wine Rating section in 2001 and can only be viewed for free for 1 year. You can still view it if you have full access though. However, there is another way to get the 2000 barrel scores for free. You can still find all of the 2000 Barrel scores in WS's archived articles by doing an "Advanced Search". Here is a link for the TN's which were part of that article:
I have the paid subscription and the 2000 barrel score is no longer listed when you do a regular ratings search (though other years of this wine are). This is very, to be kind, peculiar.
Posts: 437 | Location: "Under a Western Sky" | Registered: Feb 06, 2003