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By Chateau Troplong Mondot
2017 Saint-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe
About the Producer
A Premier Grand Cru Classe in Saint-Emilion, Chateau Troplong Mondot stands out with refinement, boasting a strong wine identity, a perfectly-controlled vineyard, and an innate sense of welcoming at the estate.
Technical Details
Grape Varieties: 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc
Altitude: 110 meters
Terroir: Clay and flint, Asteria limestone, silty clays
Vintage Characteristics: Early harvest, low precipitation levels, freshness, contained intensity, and aromatic complexity
[Information provided by DHI Selections]
Unit Size | 750.00 ML |
Varietal | Red Blend
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Vintage | 2017 |
Grape | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc |
Country | France |
Region | Bordeaux
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Alcohol Percentage | 14.50% |
2017 Troplong Mondot
Producer: Troplong Mondot
Place of Origin: France, Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux
Color: Red
Grape/Blend: [...] Merlot, [...] Cabernet Sauvignon, [...] Cabernet Franc
Importer/Producer: chateau-troplong-mondot.com
Rating: 98+
Drinking Window: 2027 - 2047
From: 2017 Bordeaux - Mirror, Mirror on The Wall... (Mar 2020)
Reviewed By: Antonio Galloni on December 2020
The 2017 Troplong Mondot is stunning, just as it was en primeur. Rich and ample, yet endowed with striking energy as well, the 2017 is the first vintage made by new CEO Aymeric de Gironde and consulting winemaker Thomas Duclos. The 2017 takes hold of all the senses and never lets up. All of the power that is typical of this site is evident, it seems to come so naturally, and yet picking earlier and then using a lighter hand in the cellar yielded a Troplong of uncommon energy and vibrancy. The 2017 has been nothing short of thrilling on the four occasions I have tasted it from bottle so far. What a wine!
CHATEAU TROPLONG MONDOT ST.-EMILION 2017
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2017
Score: 96
Very perfumed and subtle with crushed currants, smoke and blackberries. Medium to full body. Compressed, round tannins and a flavorful finish. Shows focus and finesse with serious structure for the vintage. It grows slowly on the palate. Really beautiful. Drink after 2022.
Chateau Troplong Mondot, St-Emilion, 1er Grand Cru Classe B 2017
Tasted by: Jane Anson (at Bordeaux, 26 Aug 2020)
Part of Anson: Nature vs nurture in Bordeaux wine styles
Points: 96
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2045
Producer: Chateau Troplong Mondot
Vintage: 2017
Wine Type: Still
Colour: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sweetness: Dry
Closure: Cork
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 2% Cabernet Franc, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 85% Merlot
The first year of what has been a major stylistic shift at the property [...]. Emphasis on blue fruit, liquorice, cocoa, and slate, with a mouthwatering finish that promises a long life ahead. Owned 100% by SCOR insurance company as of this vintage, after a shareholding that began in 2014. New director Aymeric de Gironde came over from Cos d'Estournel on the Left Bank and ushered in this more pared back style (although even with earlier picking, alcohols are still high at Troplong, showing that terroir remains boss). [...].
Chateau Troplong Mondot 2017 Saint-Emilion
Rating: 96
Awarded #61 in Wine Enthusiast TOP 100 CELLAR SELECTIONS 2020
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
Appellation: Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Winery: Chateau Troplong Mondot
Alcohol: 14.50%
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Category: Red
Importer: Chateau Troplong Mondot
Date Published: 3/1/2020
Reviewed by: Roger Voss
This wine is structured, with dense tannins as well as impressively ripe black fruit. Showing lifted acidity, succulent blackberry flavors and elegance, it has a good future and will be ready from 2025.
2017 Troplong Mondot
Producer: Troplong Mondot
From: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Color: Red
Type: Table
Sweetness: Dry
Variety: Proprietary Blend
Rating: 95
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date: 16th Mar 2020
Source: March 2020 Week 3, The Wine Advocate
Drink Date: 2024 - 2050
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Troplong Mondot is a little closed to begin, soon unfurling to reveal expanding notions of warm blackberries, wild blueberries and licorice plus hints of smoked meats, black olives, pencil shavings and truffles. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is packed mouth-coating black fruits, exploding into loads of earthy sparks with a soft, velvety texture from ripe, rounded tannins. It finishes with spectacular freshness and loads of layers.
2017 Chateau Troplong Mondot
Producer: Chateau Troplong Mondot
Location: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Color: Red
Rating: 95
Tasting Date: 2/26/2020
Maturity: 2024 - 2044
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: 2017 Bordeaux From Bottle
The 2017 Chateau Troplong Mondot continues in the new style of this estate and is based on 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc [...]. Its deep ruby/purple hue is followed by a stunning perfume of creme de cassis, black raspberries, white chocolate, crushed flowers, and a terrific sense of minerality. Flawlessly balanced, medium to full-bodied, and nicely concentrated, it shows the more elegant, classical style of the vintage beautifully. It has the texture and balance to drink brilliantly today yet will benefit from 4-6 years of bottle age and keep for two decades or more.
CHATEAU TROPLONG MONDOT Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2017
Rating: 95
Drink: 2023-2040
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Appellation: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Editor: J. D'Angelo
Issue: January, 2020
The 2017 Troplong Mondot is a sensational wine and a highlight from the vintage. [...]. Composed of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc this opens to stunning aromatics of blackberries and black cherries which come together with violets, licorice and spices which all build in the glass. The medium to full body is beautifully balanced and displays an outstanding combination of depth and energy as it heads into the long finish. This is an utterly captivating wine that should go on to have a brilliant future ahead.
2017 Chateau Troplong Mondot (St. Emilion Grand Cru)
Points: 95
Licorice, smoke, black cherry, plum and crushed rocks create the nose. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, sweetly authentic and luxuriously textured. There is more virtue in the fruit but less density and lower alcohol than in previous vintages. The wine shows more influence from the limestone, instead of the clay. This dramatic change in style is a matter of choice by the new director, Aymeric de Gironde who is seeking more aromatic complexity and balance over power and ripeness in the wine. The wine was produced from a blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, [...].
Tasted Apr 26, 2018
Chateau Troplong Mondot St.-Emilion 2017
Score: 94
Wine Type and Color: Red Still
Magazine Issue: Mar 31, 2020
Primary Grape: Merlot
Other Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
Region: France / Bordeaux / St.-Emilion
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Very fresh in feel, with silky textured plum, cassis and cherry flavors infused with rooibos tea, mineral and floral notes. The long, refined finish lets the pure fruit sing, while the minerally edge adds detail. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2021 through 2037.
Ch Troplong Mondot 2017 St-Emilion
Producer: Ch Troplong Mondot
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Colour: Red
Score: 17+/20
When to drink: 2023 - 2038
Published on: 3 May 2022
Date tasted: 10 Mar 2022
Reviewer: Andy Howard MW
85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc.
Lacking the density of 2015/16, fragrance, freshness and early-drinking appeal are the key factors. Dark redcurrant and cherry, fine oak integration, a very elegant wine which speaks more about the vintage and terroir than winemaking. A new direction for Troplong-Mondot? (AWH)