Château TROPLONG-MONDOT 2023

Description

Yves Beck 97-98 points www.yvesbeck.wine

84% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc

Troplong-Mondot poursuit son cheminement vers l’excellence avec un focus axé sur les détails, les nombreuses subtilités qui mènent à la sérénité et à la complexité qu’il affiche spontanément. Tout est bien calé dans ce vin, avec un exceptionnel niveau de précision, sans démonstration, mais avec conviction et fraîcheur. Les tannins de Troplong Mondot prennent lentement possession du palais, sans pour autant être écrasants. Au contraire, ils ouvrent la voie à d’autres composants, plébiscitent l’aromatique et créent une symbiose très aboutie avec la structure acide, incisive de surcroît. Un vin dense qui se construit le long du palais et qui est ponctué par la précision, la sapidité et la longueur de la finale. Il n’y pas besoin d’être opulent pour impressionner. On peut très bien chanter fort sans pour autant crier ! Une sorte d’hymne à la joie avec une pointe de rigueur !  2028-2048  

Georgina Hindle 97 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
The aromatics are incredible – so pure, clean and precise – sweet, sour and fresh with clear blue fruits, wax, crayon and pencil led on the nose alongside vanilla, blackcurrant and plum with blueberry too. Supple and agile, a lovely bounce and energy straight away, this has movement and direction. The fruit is pristine, gorgeous succulence and bright berries on the palate before some limestone wet stone elements come in giving a graphite tang. Has that sense of whole bunch fermentation, really racy and so electric. It’s not a 2022, it doesn’t have that velvetines and soft plush tannins that Troplong can do well, but this is extremely good. Straight, juicy, clean, poised, elegant and refined. Not shouting, it’s reserved and calm, but confident. You can taste the chalk on the finish alongside liquorice and graphite. I love the finesse and the terroir markers and in a change to 2021 it has ripeness, succulence and body. 6% press. Three tanks of whole cluster fermentation. 70 IPT. Ageing 14 months, 60% new oak. 3.45pH.

Neal Martin 95-97 points www.vinous.com
The 2023 Troplong Mondot was harvested from September 5 to October 9, with 60-70% picked within nine or ten days; other parcels were « stragglers » that required more time. There is actually 4-5% whole clusters in the blend,and according to Aymeric de Gironde, it works like the vin de presse, glueing components of the wine together. Sulfur is only added when the wine is put into barrel. The 2023 has a very well-defined and focused bouquet with pure blackberry, raspberry, ground chalk and light sea cave scents. The palate is medium-bodied with a very crisp and mineral-driven entry. It’s chalky in texture and quite tensile in the mouth, with a dash of black pepper on the finish. This is an individualistic Saint-Émilion that will fill out during its élevage. Very long.

William Kelley 95-97 points www.erobertparker.com
A blend of 84% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 Troplong Mondot unwinds in the glass with aroma of black raspberries, mulberries and cherries mingled with notions of iris, licorice, black tea and spices. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it’s textural and mouthfilling, with the mid-palate density so typical of this terroir, its concentrated core of fruit framed by beautifully polished tannins and succulent acids.

Antonio Galloni 95-98 points www.vinous.com
The 2023 Troplong Mondot is simply stunning. It’s one of the best wines yet made under the direction of Aymeric de Gironde. Towering and statuesque, the 2023 explodes out of the glass with tons of vertical energy. Dark red-toned fruit, licorice, spice, lavender, mocha and pencil shavings are some of the many notes that infuse the 2023 with character. The combination of soaring aromatics, chiseled fruit and a limestone-infused finish is nothing less than captivating. What a wine. Aging is in 60% new oak, 22% 20hL foudre and 18% once-used oak. Tasted two times.