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Troplong Mondot 2022 1200cl

1er Grand Cru Classé B | St. Emilion | Bordeaux | France
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2019 2022
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98 Robert Parker
A wine that transcended both my lofty expectations and anything produced at this address in the last 50 years, the 2022 Troplong Mondot realizes all the potential of this striking terroir. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cherries, exotic spices, bay leaf and orange zest, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with incredible concentration without weight, supple tannins and a seamless, complete profile, concluding with a long, saline finish. All the work of the last few years in the vineyards and winery makes itself felt, as Troplong Mondot's vineyards took the hot, dry conditions in their stride, and the quality of the fruit that they produced has been preserved by a gentle vinification and a discreet élevage, featuring only 55% new oak and some 20% of the volume in large foudres.
98 James Suckling
Very attractive aromas of plums and chocolate with hints of raspberry bush and hazelnut. So fresh and even savory with medium to full body. Such a wide tannin structure building up on the palate. Shows depth and length with lots of minerality. Floral. Beautiful already. 85% merlot, 13% cabernet sauvignon and 2% cabernet franc.
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Château Troplong Mondot
A ceaseless luminary in Saint-Émilion over the past couple decades, Château Troplong-Mondot continues to validate its relatively new Premier Grand Cru Classé status vintage after vintage. In the northeast of the appellation, there are 33-hectares of vines well-sited along the hills of Mondot, the bulk of which remains Merlot is perfectly reflected in the wine as full, rich, plump and fleshy details. Since the 1980s, Christine Valette and her husband, Xavier Pariente have put in tremendous efforts to better the viticultural and vinification methods used. The fruit is now hand-harvested with meticulous sorting rituals, fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks before the wine is aged in new French oak barriques for 18 months. The results are self-evident, the impressive Grand Vin, Troplong-Mondot is a corpulent but refined Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc Saint-Émilion blend.