Trimoulet has been in the hands of the Jean family for generations, on the sandier, gravelly ground north-east of Saint-Émilion towards Saint-Georges. It was a classified Grand Cru Classé at the time this wine was made, and it has never been a fashionable name — which is precisely why a classed growth from the most celebrated Bordeaux vintage of the modern era can still be bought for a couple of hundred euro.
1982 is the year that changed Bordeaux. A hot, early, almost tropical summer produced ripeness the region had not seen in a generation, and the effect reached far past the first growths: modest estates made wines with a depth and sweetness of fruit that were entirely new to them. On Saint-Émilion's Merlot-dominated soils the results were rich and generous.
Forty-four years on, a bottle like this is fully resolved — dried fruit, leather, forest floor — and it carries the year itself, which for most buyers is the reason it is being given.
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Producer: Château Trimoulet
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Vintage: 1982
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Appellation: Saint-Émilion AOC
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Format: 75cl
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Region: Bordeaux, France
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Style: Red
Where it is likely to be now. A wine of this rank from 1982 is at the far end of its life and should be opened for the occasion rather than kept longer, and it is sold, as all pre-1990 bottles are, as a collectible item without a guarantee of drinkability.
Who it suits. For someone born in 1982 who turns forty-four in 2026, this is the affordable way into the vintage everybody has heard of.
Condition. No condition detail came with this listing, so we check the label, capsule and fill ourselves and confirm the report to you before dispatch.
Provenance. Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.
Delivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.
Sold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.
