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Château Troplong Mondot Premier Grand Cru Classé B Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2021

Reviews

96 -Decanter -

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.

96 -Vinous -

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.

96 -Wine Enthusiast -

95 -James Suckling -

95 -Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider -

Deeply colored, the wine is rich, round, lush and fresh. Initially you notice, flowers, chocolate, truffle, espresso, cocoa, and black plums. There is a silkiness to the tannins, sweetness along with freshness on the palate, and a finish with black, blue and dark red fruits with a strong touch of chalk in the finish. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.5% ABV%, 3.44 pH. The harvest took place September 17 - October 19. The harvest date here was the key to the success of the wine here. Drink from 2025-2055.

95 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

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.

94 -Falstaff -

Dark ruby, brightens to purple at the narrow rim. Very floral on the nose, savoury notes of fennel pollen and cherries in various degrees of ripeness, herbal aromas. Dense, fine, grippy tannins, powerful but well-integrated alcohol, lots of juice and tremendous tactile minerality. Acidity and body merge seamlessly, the wine combines good concentration with elegance typical of this vintage.

93 -Jeb Dunnuck -

A blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc, the 2021 Château Troplong Mondot was raised in 55% new oak, 21% in once-used, and the balance in foudre for 14 months. 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.

90 -Wine Spectator -

Technical Details

Blend 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc
Winemaker Aymeric de Gironde with consulting winemaker Tomas Duclos
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub Region Right Bank
Appellation Saint-Émilion
Vineyard Estate Vineyards of Château Troplong Mondot
Farming Method Sustainable Practices
Oak French oak, 50% new, 20% one-year and 30% oak cask
Fermentation Destemmed and fermented in temperature-controlled truncated stainless steel vats. Completed malolactic fermentation in vat
Aging / Cooperage aged for 18 months in French oak, 50% new, 20% one-year and 30% oak cask
Alcohol 13.5%
Production 10,000 cases

Château Troplong Mondot Premier Grand Cru Classé B Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2021

Name: Château Troplong Mondot Premier Grand Cru Classé B Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2021
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1014678
Price: 89.95 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Sustainable Practices

$195.00

$89.95

750ML

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The 2021 vintage at Troplong Mondot marked a full chapter in the estate’s transformation under new owner SCOR and director Aymeric de Gironde, working with winemaker Thomas Duclos to refine and modernize the approach while preserving the natural power of this exceptional 43-hectare hilltop site adjacent to Château Pavie. A blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2021 was bottled two months earlier than usual after the team felt it had received sufficient oak aging. Decanter awarded 96, describing a wine with so much energy, with flavors that 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. Vinous awarded 96, Wine Enthusiast 96, James Suckling 95, James Lawther 95, Wine Advocate 95, Farr Vintners 94, and Jeb Dunnuck 93. Wine Advocate described a wine of considerable promise, exhibiting aromas of plums and wild berries mingled with rose petals, vine smoke, and raw cocoa, with beautiful refinement, lively acidity, and a mouthwateringly saline finish. The natural density and power of Troplong are a major asset in 2021. These are very limited and incredibly well-priced for the address. Grab yours before they’re gone.

About The Producer

Troplong Mondot is our ace in the hole of Saint Emilion, consistently turning out spectacular wines despite the quality of the vintage. While the estate has changed hands many times over the years, it has most recently been sold for a record setting 3.3 million dollars per acre! The new owners quickly started expanding their vineyard holdings and hiring Aymeric de Gironde as the estate director. They also began the construction of a new cellar that will be done in 2020. Look for good things coming here!

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