Chateau Troplong Mondot St. Emilion
From Bordeaux
| Vintage: | 2019 |
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| Winery: | Chateau Troplong Mondot |
| Description: | 98+ Points | WIâThe 2019 Troplong Mondot is deep garnet-colored. It opens with violets, dark chocolate, and black cherries on the nose, giving way to notes of licorice, cardamom, and wet slate. The palate is full, taut, and muscular, with amazing tension and fine-grained tannins, finishing long and minerally. In 10-12 years, expect this quaking bomb to explode, producing a stunning mushroom cloud of perfume and flavor.â - Lisa Perrotti-Brown Mw, The Wine Independent 98 Points | RPâHas any Bordeaux château realized a more wholesale stylistic revolution in so short a time than Troplong Mondot? Since Aymeric de Gironde arrived at the estate in late 2017, the ultra powerful "shock and awe" style of the 2000s is out, and a new refinement is in. Of course, the deep clays that define the core vineyards around the château itself are never likely to produce light or ephemeral wines, but de Gironde has astutely understood that (to develop an analogy), when driving down hill, one can ease off on the accelerator. The 2019 Troplong Mondot is a ringing endorsement of the new direction, wafting from the glass with complex aromas of wild berries, violets, coniferous forest floor, licorice, raw cocoa and subtle spices, followed by a full-bodied, velvety and layered palate that's seamless and perfumed, its enveloping core of succulent fruit framed by rich, powdery tannins and lively acids. Harmonious and penetrating, I never thought I'd taste a wine like this from Troplong Mondot. Drink Date 2027 - 2060.â - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 98 Points | JSâThe purity of fruit is pretty phenomenal here with blackcurrants, cherries and crushed-stone undertones. Floral notes of roses and violets, too. Full-bodied, yet this is a linear style with super fine tannins and great length and beauty. You really want to drink it. It grows on the palate and shows real power, with breadth and depth. Remains fresh throughout. Really something. Try after 2026.â - James Suckling |
| Price: | $ 129.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Porthos
| Address: |
4326 Redwood Hwy #300 San Rafael, CA 94903 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 866-767-8467 |
| Telephone (regular): | 415-454-2115 |
| Fax: | 415-454-1548 |
First added to 1000 Corks on April 3, 2024.
