Seductive aromas of orange blossoms, plums, green olives and sandalwood. Medium- to full-bodied, showing crunchy fruit and fresh tannins with orange peel and a chalky texture. Salty at the end. A unique wine full of character but not overdone. Zesty and terrific. 13% alcohol. A blend of 84% merlot, 13% cabernet sauvignon and 3% cabernet franc. Best after 2029.
The 2023 Troplong Mondot is one of the truly great wines of 2023. Translucent and also quite powerful, the 2023 screams with class. It's a wine that beautifully reconciles expression of place, vintage and the house style that has been in place since 2017. It's one of the finest wines made here over the last decade, a real rockstar. Graphite, spice, mocha and dried herbs build into the huge, dense finish. Tasted two times.
TWI
98pts
The Wine Independent
96-98 A blend of 84% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2023 Troplong Mondot has a pH of 3.45. Aymeric de Gironde commented, ‘Our crop of Cabernet Franc was our biggest ever.’ It has a deep garnet-purple color and needs a little swirling and coaxing before gorgeous notes of mulberries, wild blueberries, and redcurrant jelly slowly begin to emerge, followed by hints of sassafras, mossy tree bark, and graphite, plus wafts of rose oil and cumin seed. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers mouth-coating black and red fruit layers, with floral and chalky sparks and velvety tannins, finishing long and beguiling. This is breathtaking!
95-97 Barrel Sample. The rich smoky aroma leads to a powerful wine that is dense with tannins and solid black fruits. It's an impressive wine from the highest point in Saint-Émilion. The wine is firm while also having acidity and a final crispness that brings freshness.
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.
Sporting a vivid purple hue, the 2023 Château Troplong Mondot is based on 84% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc, raised in 50% new French oak with the balance in once-used barrels and foudre. Cassis, spring flowers, crushed stone, and hints of tobacco all define the aromatics, and it has a truly riveting sense of limestone minerality and salinity. Medium-bodied and concentrated, with fine tannins and a great finish, it's a terrific representation of the new (or not so new today) style of this estate. It blossoms with time in the glass and is going to benefit from just 4-5 years of bottle age. It will keep for 30+ years in cold cellars. Drink 2029-2059.
Bottled in late June 2025, the 2023 Troplong Mondot unwinds in the glass with notes of dark berries, cherries, rich spices, baking chocolate and violets. Medium- to full-bodied, supple and seamless, it's dense, fleshy and suave, with sweet tannins and lively animating acids. A blend of 84% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 has turned out beautifully.
A fresh style, with damson plum and morello cherry coulis notes laced with subtle, chalky minerality, plus savory and cedar nuances. There are dried rose petal echoes on the finish. Shows lovely purity. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2027 through 2037. 9,000 cases made, 950 cases imported.