chateau troplong mondot 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château Troplong Mondot

Château Troplong Mondot, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2022

Name: Château Troplong Mondot, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Troplong Mondot

97/100

Inside Bordeaux

98/100

The Wine Independent

96-98/100

Vinous

Available Vintages

all 2003 2004 2008 2009 2018 2021 2023 2024

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Always one of St Emilion’s most dense and structured wines, Christine Valette has fashioned a big-framed, chunky 2003. Explosive dark chocolate, liquorice and black cherry aromas. Meaty, extravagant blackberry flavours, solid tannic structure

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Critic Reviews

98/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

This is 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, and the élevage was in 55% new oak, the rest divided between 20-hectolitre foudre s and second-fill barrels, the aim being to move to only new oak barrels and foudre s. The nose is pure, focused and beautifully expressive, with fresh blackberry, black violets, rosehips, acacia flowers and black pepper. Truly juicy and captivating on the palate, with dark currant and blackberry fruits, with a sinewy and liquorice-laced frame, dark and draped over a frame of ripe tannins. This is beautifully textured but also vigorous and filled with energy and vigour, with driven acidity as well as a frame of highly polished tannins. Intense, driven and long in the finish, which is complex and filled with black fruits, crushed limestone and pepper. A simply stunning Troplong-Mondot, which has a little bit of everything, all working in harmony, just a touch of cherry liqueur which perhaps reflects the degree of maturity here. All the same, this is surely the best Troplong-Mondot Aymeric has made. The alcohol on the label will, I am told, will be 15%, as with the second wine.

drinking window 2030 - 2065

date of review 06/2025

97/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Smooth, stately, rich, powerful, this is just full of delight, rose petals, orange peel, orange flower water, cocoa bean, flint, graphite, fennel, chalk, harnessing the complexity of these 360-degree-orientated soils. Get the precision and the skilful winemaking coming through in the glass. Clearly needs time to age, full of architectural prowess. A brilliant reminder that terroir in certain spots in undeniable, and makes itself felt even with all of the changes put in by the new owners since 2017. Thomas Duclos. A touch of whole bunch fermentation, no fining, low filtration. 55% new oak, 25% oak casks, 25% of one year, 1st year with wax closure for Troplong first wine. Remi Monribot cellar master, Aymeric de Gironde director

drinking window 2029 - 2044

date of review 03/2025

96-98/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Troplong-Mondot was picked from 29 August when it was 31° Celsius, which according to estate director Aymeric de Gironde, felt cool compared to the rest of summer. The alcohol is 14.9% with the pH of 3.48. It sees no SO2 until it is transferred into barrel. The nose is very attractive and certainly very expressive of its limestone terroir: blackberry, briary, crushed iris petal and light marine scents. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy black fruit, quite chalky in texture, that acidic spine governing its overall mouthfeel. Sapid on the finish, this Troplong Mondot builds in the mouth and coats it on the finish. De Gironde and I discussed my previous scores. I always said that he would get better and better during his tenure and this is clearly the case in 2022, the best Troplong Mondot...so far.

drinking window 2032 - 2068

date of review 05/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Emilion

Producer:

Château Troplong Mondot

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet

abv:

14%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.