CHATEAU TROPLONG MONDOT 1er Grand Cru Classe, Saint-Emilion 2021 Bottle

Description

The 2021 Château Troplong Mondot has received high praise from critics, including 96 points from Decanter, which commends its captivating aromas of dark chocolate, pink flowers, and spices, alongside a bright palate of tangy strawberry and red cherry flavours. The wine displays both power and a delicate, refined style, with extraordinary energy that unfolds in waves, culminating in a mineral finish. Wine Enthusiast also awarded it 96 points for its fragrant notes of spice and sandalwood, complemented by firm tannins. Vinous rated it 96 points, praising the complex bouquet of dark red fruits and purity. James Suckling gave it 95-96 points for its solid centre-palate and salinity, while The Wine Advocate awarded 95 points, highlighting its layered complexity and aging potential, suggesting enjoyment from 2027 to 2055.

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Château Troplong Mondot is a prestigious estate located in the Saint-Émilion appellation of Bordeaux, classified as a 1er Grand Cru Classé. Established in the 18th century, it spans approximately 33 hectares, predominantly planted with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc grapes. The estate is renowned for producing rich, full-bodied wines that reflect the unique terroir of the region, characterised by clay and limestone soils. Château Troplong Mondot's wines are celebrated for their complexity, depth, and ability to age gracefully, often showcasing dark fruit flavours, spice, and elegant tannins. With a focus on sustainability and meticulous vineyard management, the estate consistently receives high accolades from critics, making it a highly sought-after choice for collectors and wine enthusiasts.

DECANTER 96 points
Tasted by: Georgina Hindle
(at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
Part of St-Emilion 2021 in bottle: Overview plus top-scoring wines
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2050
Bright purple rim to the wine. So many aromas on the nose, really captivating and full - dark chocolate, pink flowers giving a soft perfume, cinnamon, raspberries, black cherries and liquorice too - all intensifying over twenty minutes in the glass. Super bright and charged on the palate, this is off like a firecracker from the initial impact, giving tangy strawberry, red cherry and raspberry fruit flavours. It's got power no doubt, but a delicate, light style, not so concentrated and intense more lifted and aerial with tension. So much energy here, the flavours come in waves on the palate, red fruits, cooling blue fruits, exotic spices, flowers and fresh minty, stone notes with a real mineral salinity on the finish. It's perhaps not so weighty or full in the mouth like previous more opulent vintages, but there is clarity and definition of elements on show. I love the mineral finish, so Troplong. Extremely refined. First vintage in the new cellar facilities which helped with precision.

WINE ENTHUSIAST 96 points
Spice, sandalwood and red-berry fruit aromas all come together to produce a fragrant, powerful and rich wine. Its tannins bring a firm structure to this dense wine. It is a luscious wine with a great future. Drink from 2028. — Roger Voss

VINOUS 96 points
The 2021 Troplong Mondot is fabulous. It offers up a rush of dark red-toned fruit, crushed rocks, leather, menthol, cedar and blood orange. As always, Troplong Mondot is marked by a strong presence of Cabernet Sauvignon that seems to add brooding intensity, muscle and power. I tasted it three times. A bottle given a brief decant of about 20 minutes showed best. The 2021 spent 13 months in oak (two months less than normal), in a mix of 60% new, 21% 20-hectoliter cask and 19% once-used. The 2021 is a Troplong Mondot of extreme purity and class. - Antonio Galloni

JAMES SUCKLING 95-96 points
Lovely density here with a solid center-palate of fruit and fine tannins. Medium body. Underlying salinity and oyster-shell character in the finish. Well defined. Grows at the end.

THE WINE ADVOCATE 95 points
Reviewed by: William Kelley
Drink Date: 2027 - 2055
The 2021 Troplong Mondot unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cherries and plums mingled with violets, exotic spices and smoke. Medium to full-bodied, deep and complete, the wine is layered and complex, with all the depth and authority that one expects from this clay-driven terroir, its concentrated core of fruit underpinned by sweet tannins and lively animating acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. A blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc with a remarkably low pH of 3.35, it's the first vintage produced in the estate's state-of-the-art new winery.
Published: Feb 08, 2024