2025 Troplong Mondot

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2028!
Delivery until Fall 2028!

(Saint-Émilion; 85% Merlot; 2% Cabernet Franc; 13% Cabernet Sauvignon; a final yield of 27 hl/ha; pH 3.43; 13.9% alcohol; 40% aged in larger format foudres which helps with the integration of the tannins; tasted at the property with Aymeric de Gironde). Quite saline. Graphite and, with 30 minutes of aeration, a little cedar. Walnut, damson stone, black raspberry, blackberry and a little cassis and mulberry, but also lovely notes of wild strawberry. Rose petals and rose peppercorns, all very much in that floral reigster. Rich, deep, full, ample in frame on the attack but immediately the fruit is taken in charge by those lovely terroir-defined powdery chalky tannins. At first they allow the fruit to grow further in amplitude in the mouth, so fine are they, but gradually they win over the will of the fruit, coaxing it gently back to the well-defined central spine. Sapid and energetic, spicy and peppery, lithe and, with the grip of the tannins, croquant and scrunchy. A lovely expression of the vintage from this top terroir.
96-98/100 Colin Hay

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 Troplong Mondot needs a little patient swirling to unlock notes of crushed black cherries, ripe blackberries, and black plums, opening out to reveal nuances of lilacs, iron ore, sandalwood, and chalk dust. The medium- to full-bodied palate is intense with tightly wound black fruit and minerally layers, framed by firm, chalky-textured tannins and a crisp line, finishing very long and pure. Very singular and very impressive. The blend is 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 13.9% with a pH of 3.43.
97-99/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Intensity and power, deep cassis and bilberry fruit, very much in character of this unusual, singular site, olive pit and wet stones, drawn out and slow crawl through the palate, rooted to its sense of place and an extremely impressive wine. Harvest August 28, earliest ever, until September 25, so almost exactly one months. 70m altitude of difference between the lowest and highest part of the Troplong vineyard. 27hl/ha yield (particularly impacted by the heat of the early August wave). 3.43 pH, Aymeric de Gironde director.
96/100 Jane Anson