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

Château Troplong Mondot, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2024

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Aymeric told us the picking decision was easy; waiting for maturity at the risk of losing a bit of the crop to botrytis, was a sacrifice work making. The very specific clay found at Troplong provides a natural power and density that is difficult to restrain in hot vintages, but a real advantage in cooler years like 2024. Grapes were sorted and spent a night in a cool room before very normal vinifications. The resulting wine is crisp and fresh, brimming with bright cherry and griotte notes alongside fragrant aromas of cassis, graphite and flowers. There's a lovely precision to the fruit, with a tangy plum element adding lift. It offers a fleshiness and volume seldom seen in this vintage with vivid dark cherry tones intertwined with a distinct mineral undercurrent. Really quite generous, finishing with long, noble tannins that provide structure and detail. A wine that balances ripeness with a refreshing crispness with aplomb. Expect this to age with grace.

critic reviews

95-97/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored. Needs a lot of shaking to wake up wonderfully pure notes of red currant jelly, fresh blackberries, and licorice, plus hints of cardamom, mint tea, and lilacs. The light to medium-bodied palate shimmers with vibrant red and black berry flavors, supported by fine-grained tannins and fantastic tension, finishing long and minerally. Seriously good!

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2059
date of review 05/2025
93-95/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2024 Troplong Mondot was matured in 55% new oak, 26% in 20-hectolitre <em>foudres</em> and 19% in used barrels. It offers minerally, tightly wound black fruit, blueberry and light chalky scents. Very fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant yet tensile tannins. Like the Mondot, it is peppery in style, pretty and sapid towards the finish. Not a huge amount of persistence, yet this is still a serious Saint-Émilion that could well end up at the top of my banded score.

DRINKING WINDOW 2032 - 2068
date of review 05/2025
95/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

This has the Troplong terroir and intensity visually, immediately clear, with violets, squid ink, slate, roses, liquorice root. Love the chalky oyster shell salinity on the finish, delivers exceptional balance and lift, with interesting texture that is grippy with pumice stone tannins. No chaptilisation, because this is a location with natural density and you really see it here. Brilliantly silky, this has depth and yet is savoury, touch of whole cluster winemaking. 55% new oak, with 19% oak casks and the rest one year old.

DRINKING WINDOW 2031 - 2042
date of review 04/2025
93-95/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2024 Troplong Mondot is a beauty, wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries and licorice mingled with hints of violet and lavender. Medium to full-bodied, dense and deep, it's one of the more layered and muscular wines of the vintage, a quality this terroir seems to invariably deliver, with sweet tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, expansive finish.

date of review 04/2025

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
St Emilion
Producer:
Château Troplong Mondot
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet
abv:
13.5%

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