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2023 Château Troplong Mondot, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot
Not ready
Product: 20238015141
2023 Château Troplong Mondot, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Blend: 84% Merlot; 13% Cabernet Sauvignon; 3% Cabernet Franc.

The wine sees 60% new oak, 22% large foudres and the balance in second-fill barrels. Notes of red cherry, ripe plum and sweet spice make for a very aromatic and pleasurable bouquet. The palate is packed full of vibrant fruit, with a firm tension and racy acids. You really feel the limestone edge here, which leads to a very long and seductive finish. This is a tremendous effort from director Aymeric de Gironde and his team – and one of the best we’ve tasted under his tenure.

Our score: 17.5/20

Drink 2032 - 2060

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2023
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Merlot
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Troplong Mondot

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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Château Troplong Mondot

Château Troplong Mondot is a wine estate in St Émilion on the Right Bank of Bordeaux. Ranked a Premier Grand Cru Classé B in 2006, the estate occupies an enviable terroir atop St Émilion’s famed limestone plateau.
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