Chateau Troplong Mondot Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

With a 3 hour decant this wine is absolutely singing. Such a great bouquet and on the palate controlled power, dark chocolate, ripe plums and black currents. This is the highest rating I've given in reviews, so it must be pretty special! There is sweetness in this and it doesn't need to be drunk with food, but only after it's had air time. On this showing, it has many years left, however, it is very approachable now - no need …

2010 vintage

black cherry, cassis, blackberry, leather. big wine. paired well with steak au poivre.

2016 vintage

Blackberry, cassis, lilacs, caramels, exotic spices; so intense and concentrated, luscious, long, powerful, pleasing, sensuous, beginning to show some age and a little wood, with some grip, but ultimately just indulgent and delightful

2010 vintage

For myself, this has not quite reached the heights of the best St. Émilions from the vintage such as the Canon La Gaffeliere and Pavie Decesse. However, that said, it is a good wine in its early drinking window, if a little light end palate and on the finish.

2000 vintage

Last one of the case (unfortunately). Lovely nose, still plenty of fruit. No tertiary flavors detected. Still pretty youthful. Without knowing, people thought it was 8-10 years old.

2000 vintage

Double decanted for 2 hours. On the nose, I smelled dark fruit, slight mint/herbal notes but definitely more fruit. Upon sipping, I tasted rich dark fruit, plum, and spices with subtle leather. The merlot really stands out in the vintage right now but in a good way. It is a bit more ripe fruit, but the wine is starting to evolve and show its tertiary flavors.

2016 vintage

10 hour decant. Tasted at open and the transformation over the hours is stark. The end result is big with ripe dark fruit and elegantly tannins, but appropriately tamed. Much improved over the last bottle 2-3 years ago with half the decant.

2010 vintage

This '10 grand vin from Chateau Troplong Mondot was enjoyed at BNO - Holiday Edition in Dallas, TX with some old friends and now new friends. Theme of the night was Champagne & Red Burgundy but we managed to include a few surprises along the way. Tasting notes will be in brevity as we were passing great wines around the table and were having even better conversations. Notes from tasting: Decanted for 1 hour before enjoying - overly tannic and …

2010 vintage

Commanderie de Bordeaux: Winter Parlement - Right Bank Retrospective (The Minikahda Club, Mpls) : Very dark red color. Spalsh double decanted; drank a glass over 2 hours. This was a stand in for the '95 which wasn;t up to par. The '10 is a big wine, youthful, powerful, with leather, cassis and blackberry, woody, lots of spice and cedar. Nose is way ahead of the palate. One of those wines you gotta wait to see if it will stick together …

2010 vintage

Musty nose, blew off with swirl, quince / membrillo notes. Maraschino cherry, tobacco. Met Club Bordeaux Dinner 2025

2010 vintage

Amazing actually. 25 years on, still youthful and powerful. Lovely lovely wine

2000 vintage

Wow, encore plusieurs années devant lui!

2000 vintage

I am not sure how a bottle got into my cellar. Probably because I was planning a 2010 Bordeaux tasting, and I purchased for that. I loathed it. The reason I didn’t give it a 50, was the remains did make a stunningly good coq au vin. This was a ripe vintage anyway, but even so, when alcohol hits 16.2%, you have a wine that is totally unbalanced and hard to find any redeeming note. It was a jammy monster, …

2010 vintage

Perfect.

2016 vintage

Didn't have time to decant, so this was a PnP. With air, it improved over the course of the evening. Chewy, with notes of tobacco, cherry, raspberry, and cedar. Didn't seem unbalanced despite the high abv (16%), unexpectedly high for a Bordeaux. Still, this is a big wine.

2010 vintage

**30m of decanting** This is a really deep purply red. When swirled in the glass it leaves a viscous layer that tints the glass a pale ruby. I love the aromas of musty earth with a bit of chalkiness or loaminess to it. There is still some alcohol forward on first taste, but it recedes to uncover delicate spices, currants, and a feel of sandy soil on the tongue. It feels like it needs more time to age or at …

2016 vintage

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2000 vintage

Still feels in its prime. I don't think it'll get any better, but it will probably last another 10 years !

2000 vintage

Smooth, with time to last through 2030.

2000 vintage

Blackberry, chocolate, hints of leather and mushroom; beautiful enticing fragrant nose; plush, exhilarating, intense, expansive, fruitful, mouth-coating; truffly and titillating but also powerful and commanding; voluptuous, but with a long linear, almost unending, close; poised and really lovely From 30 Minutes Onward: Nose is more integrated; on palate it is still seductive, but slightly more muted and less intense, though still with a powerful presence and somewhat more grip; at times a little excessive but again really lovely

2016 vintage

Expressive nose displaying ripe decadent black fruit, blackberry liqueur, blackberry jam, liquid smoke, caramel, noticeable oak/vanilla, dark spices and mineral. Very good concentration, intense black fruit, rich and full, but also silky, bright acidity, good mineral, fine tannins and a long intense black fruit driven finish with a hint of luxurious oak at the end. Still showing very modern expression but the fruit is not overripe.

2000 vintage

A scintillating wine that was still very fresh and as complex and long on the palate as the 12/30/21 bottle.

2000 vintage

Big wine. Drinking well with 2hr decant (or more). No rush to drink but went well with grill.

2010 vintage

Ripe blackberry, leather and sous bois; fruitful and full, long and luscious, with a lovely purity and unity but also some grip; not especially complex, and showing some age though not all that much, but appealing and alluring and really quite enjoyable

2000 vintage

16x Bordeaux 2000 : A few observations: 1) It is a very good vintage, but in terms of aromatic depth and layered complexity, it does not reach the level of Bordeaux’s truly great years. 2) The wines have clearly progressed over the past five years. What was once true mainly for the Right Bank, with more openness and approachability, now applies to most Left Bank wines as well. 3) Tertiary aromas are still rare. While the wines are more accessible …

2000 vintage

This still feels very primary. Won’t touch the next bottle for 5 years

2010 vintage

Bordeaux 2000 - 25 years on : Maggi, plum and prune. Slightly over-extracted and drying. Bold, Parkeresque.

2000 vintage

Very expressive, but also a touch of oxidation showing at first,, this blew off with some more air though. Quite spicy, with notes of pepper, sweet and savory spices, some floral notes, dark chocolate, ripe and giving, but with very nice spiciness. Full-bodied, extracted and powerful, with good medium+ acidity. Very fascinating bottle that would have been easy to dismiss in the first few minutes but turned really fascinating in the glass.

2000 vintage

Drank next to the 2000 Pavie Decesse which was better balanced. This was rather fruit forward, good structure but felt it might enjoy a few more years of cellaring to really sing. Indeed, 24 hours later it shed some its edge and was more enjoyable.

2000 vintage

This is massive!!! decanted for 9 hours. 2010 is a vintage that will easily outlive me. My best 2010's I will not touch for 25+ years, it needs it. Then you take a big, plush right bank and add in 16% alc, and oh boy, you got this Troplong. The fact they can get balance out of this is crazy. This is big, with blueberry, mocha bomb, 5 spice, and some toasty elements. Shocked how balanced it was, but still …

2010 vintage

Lucky enough to try this again last night. Beautiful wine, so rich and full bodied - very long silky finish.

2010 vintage

94+ pts. Setup to be really good. Even approachable now. Dark color, rich dark fruit profile, with a lot of complexity already showing through. Great core to it. Really lovely wine - WOTN.

2010 vintage

No notes taken. Good color, no sign of imminent decline. Ripe and well-made, offering very nice drinking today and into the future, though I doubt there will be much improvement.

2000 vintage

From ex chateau magnum. Initial reduction which thankfully blew off. Concentrated fruit yet still very elegant. Lots of complex warm spices, cedar, some sweet tobacco leaf. Nice fresh minerality. Great depth and lots of complexity.

2016 vintage

From ex chateau magnum. Nose of plum, blackberry and blackcurrant with a touch of Worcester sauce and cigar box. Palate showing good freshness, a decent depth of purple fruit with some ash and cigar leaf. A lovely smokey edge. Some mocha!

2000 vintage

From ex chateau magnum. This was really nice when opened with a complex nose, lots of dark fruit and spices but in glass over opening felt rather rich and higher alcohol. Ripe dark fruit, blackberry and blueberries with lots of oak on the finish. Perhaps a little bit over extracted, and lacks nuance and freshness versus the 2016?

2010 vintage

A real treat. Cedar, forest floor, red currant, black pepper, dark cherries. A real treat.

2010 vintage

Rich red raspberry, strawberry jam with hints of forest floor and wild game. Very concentrated (might be over-extracted if to be fussy) and opulent with amazingly pure fruit. So hedonistic! 93+

2010 vintage

Really delicious wine now but will obviously be better in 5-10 years. Rich fruit and rich herbal and earthy notes - dried mint, dried fennel. Balanced, elegant, and enjoyable. Mostly Merlot with a bit of cab sauv (12%) - unusual for right bank. Drank at La Belles Perdrix, the restaurant at the winery, and maybe the best restaurant meal we’ve ever had.

2016 vintage

Brought this to a restaurant dinner with another couple that aren't big wine drinkers because I wanted a crowd pleaser. It definitely delivers in that respect. Nice rich fruit with balanced acidity and no rough edges with the tannins. Lacks complexity but I can't blame it at this age. This definitely feels more new world style. I prefer the 2016 Canon la Gaffeliere to this as it's much more interesting wine with subtly.

2016 vintage

Delightful, balanced but ripe and delicious wine. This needs time but is already great. It has a bit less depth and persistence than what I expected, but those may show up with time. 93-94.

2016 vintage

Lovely, great with an hour decant, held beautifully over the night.

2010 vintage

Still not showing particularly well. Double decanted for 3 hours.

2000 vintage

11 months since my last bottle. This benefitted from a 2 hour decant. A well balanced wine that is in its prime that will continue to drink well for at least another decade. Revisit 2025

2000 vintage

Sort of what I expected, no way its peaked yet. Lots of lead pencil/leather notes.. nice finith

2000 vintage

A matter of taste 2024 (Kongresshalle, Zürich) : *** Brief notes from wine fair, primarily for my own memory *** Glass: Stölzle Universal Tasted 2020, 2019, 2016 and 2009. The latest vintages a clearly showing the same structure and terroir, but are very muted and closed. Hard to describe and not very approachable at the moment for me.

2016 vintage

95 Ink, plum, dark fruits. Quite similar to my memory of the Virginie de Valandraud. Smooth and opulent. Very extracted, but with enough acidity and power. Best quality out of the 2006 and 1996, but under the 2018 in terms of complexity etc.

2016 vintage

Ich kann die 96 Punkte bestätigen....Mmmmh

2010 vintage

The estate's origins trace back to the early 18th century. Initially, it was part of a larger estate, which included what is now Château Pavie. In the early 19th century, Raymond de Sèze, a Bordeaux magistrate, acquired a large portion of this estate. It was his heirs who eventually gave the property its current name, combining "Troplong" from one of the previous owners, and "Mondot," a part of the estate that was particularly renowned for its wine. Throughout the 19th …

2010 vintage

Two hour decant in glass. Nearly opaque ruby with murky brick edge in color. Pungent nose of plums, red delicious apple, red currants, licorice, tanned leather and tomato leaf. On the palate: red currants, plums, black cherry, sweet tobacco and a backnote of five spice powder. Grainy tannins are perceived somewhat on gums and cheeks. Long finish of plums, licorice, red berries and wood spice. Wine was purchased recently from a large retailer. Cork disintegrated upon attempting to open the …

2010 vintage

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