Château Troplong-Mondot - St.-Emilion 2020 (750ml)
Price: $133.00
| Producer | Château Troplong-Mondot |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1005759 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 98-99 Points
This has superb depth and intensity with very fine tannins that draw you down. So much black fruit together with black pepper and salt. Extremely well crafted. Vertical and deep. Chalky and salty with black chocolate.
The Wine Independent: 98+ Points
A blend of 85% Merlot 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc the 2020 Troplong Mondot is deep garnet-purple in color. It needs a swirl or two to release a profound nose of plum preserves juicy blueberries and chocolate-covered cherries giving way to hints of violets black truffles fertile loam and tar with a waft of licorice. The full-bodied palate shimmers with energy delivering tightly wound layers of black fruits floral notes and mineral layers framed by very fine-grained tannins and a lively backbone finishing long and minerally. So very fresh and bright - it needs time but is already a temptress.
Wine Advocate: 98+ Points
The 2020 Troplong Mondot may prove to be even better than the brilliant 2019 and it is one of the Right Bank's finest wines in this vintage. Unwinding in the glass with deep aromas of mulberries blackberries and red cherries mingled with hints of rose petal licorice and exotic spices it's medium to full-bodied deep and layered with a satiny attack that segues into a vibrant polished mid-palate concluding with a long resonant finish. Having seen only 65% new oak and with malolactic fermentation completed in tank rather than in barrel it's remarkably pure and seamless. With the 2020 vintage this estate's stylistic redemption appears to be complete.
Vinous: 98 Points
The 2020 Troplong Mondot is fabulous. Rich dark and expansive the 2020 is wonderfully exuberant right out of the gate. Black cherry plum gravel incense and licorice are all dialed up. There's tremendous breadth and power but without the excess weight of the past. Even so the 2020 is a big big wine that needs the better part of a decade to soften. All the classic Troplong structure is there but buffered by vibrant acids and tons of supporting minerality. Harvest started on September 5 and finished on October 8 a very wide window for the Right Bank and a reminder of how different the parcels are. The 2020 was done in 60% new oak 12% foudres 28% once-used barrels. - By Antonio Galloni on December 2022
Jeb Dunnuck: 97+ Points
Decanter: 97 Points
Inky in colour this is utterly gorgeous so much purity and definition on the nose. Things start out intense with crushing tannins then it steps up and back with a delicate but juicy slate and crushed rock
Jane Anson: 97 Points
Powerful and knitted down this feels both crafted and hewn out of the clay-limestone slopes of Troplong. Blueberry plum slate cocoa espresso all the power of this estate delivered with salt-studded chocolate liqourice root cocoa powder mint leaf just a brilliant wine that ends with a whoosh of freshness and lift. Just 2mm of rain in July and 30mm in August but the deep clay-limestones at Troplong kept their freshness and there were no blockages in ripening. Thomas Duclos consultant Aymeric de Gironde director. Last vintage before the new cellar was competed. 60% new oak 3.53ph.
jdWine Spectator: 92 Points
Sleek and fresh with alluring black cherry and red currant coulis notes lined with a floral hint ending with a caressing feel. Not big but sneaky long with a subtle flint echo at the very end. Approachable now too but will benefit from some cellaring. Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2035.
