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Chateau Troplong Mondot 2021 Saint-Emilion
From: Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Rating: 96 - Editors’ Choice
Winery: Chateau Troplong Mondot
Region: Bordeaux
Alcohol: 13.5%
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
Wine Type: Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Issue Date: 7/1/2024
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.
Reviewed By: Roger Voss
2021 Troplong Mondot
Producer: Troplong Mondot
Place of Origin: France, Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux
Color: Red
Grape/Blend: 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc
Rating: 96
Drinking Window: 2031 - 2051
From: 2021 Bordeaux: L’Enfant Terrible (Feb 2024)
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 is a Troplong Mondot of extreme purity and class.
By: Antonio Galloni on December 2023
Chateau Troplong Mondot, St-Emilion, 1er Grand Cru Classe B, Bordeaux, 2021
Tasted By: Georgina Hindle (at Bordeaux, 29 Nov 2023)
Part of St-Emilion 2021 in bottle: Overview plus top-scoring wines
Drinking Window: 2026 - 2048
Points: 96
Producer: Chateau Troplong Mondot
Vintage: 2021
Wine Type: Still
Colour: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sweetness: Dry
Body: Medium
Grapes: 2% Cabernet Franc, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 85% Merlot
Delicate and beguiling fragrance with a bright and shiny, sleek expression on the palate. Direct and focused with tangy red berry fruit, acidity on the high side giving an immediate buzz, supportive tannins that give density and structure but retain grace and elegance. A full and serious wine while still being streamlined and on the leaner flavour spectrum. Lots of texture and interest.
2021 Chateau Troplong Mondot (St. Emilion Grand Cru)
Points: 95
Medium-bodied, vibrant, crisp, and focused on its mineral essences, the wine is upbeat with freshness, energy, lift, and precision. The red fruits are expressive, clean, and salty with accents of smoke, mint, spice, flowers, and espresso. This is a finesse driven wine that is going to show well on release. The wine blends 85% Merlot, [...] Cabernet Franc, and [...] Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2050.
Tasted Mar 9, 2024
2021 Troplong Mondot
Rating: 95
Producer: Troplong Mondot
Wine Region: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Variety: Proprietary blend
Color / Type / Sweetness: Red / Table / Dry
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 [...], it's the first vintage produced in the estate's state-of-the-art new winery.
Published: Feb 08, 2024
Chateau Troplong Mondot St.-Emilion 2021
Thursday, Jan 04, 2024
Score: 95
Color: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2021
Elegant and refined nose with a classy touch of spices and mineral to the red currants and berries. Very sleek and linear on the palate with super polished, immaculate tannins and a very long finish. Not a powerful vintage for sure, but this is all about finesse and subtlety. Already drinkable, but can hold for a decade.
Zekun Shuai, Senior Editor
2021 Chateau Troplong Mondot
Producer: Chateau Troplong Mondot
Location: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Color: Red
Rating: 93
Tasting Date: 4/3/2024
Maturity: 2028 - 2048
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: Bordeaux 2021 From Bottle
A blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc [...]. It's ruby, semi-opaque hue is followed by a beautiful perfume of smoky black raspberries, crunchy cherries, chalky minerality, rose, and spring flowers. It's medium-bodied, has ultra-fine tannins, nicely integrated acidity, and just a pretty, pure, seamless style. It clearly offers pleasure today but should be given 4-5 years, and it will evolve for two decades.
Chateau Troplong Mondot St.-Emilion 2021
Score: 90
Wine Type and Color: Red Still
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Drinkability: Best from 2025 through 2033
Primary Grape: Merlot
Other Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
Issue: April 30, 2024
Region: France / Bordeaux / St.-Emilion
Fresh, if a touch on the skinny side, with bitter cherry and pomegranate notes carried by a chalky structure, while savory accents dart around throughout. Pretty, silky finish. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2025 through 2033.