2008 Troplong Mondot
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Tasting notes
If Christine Valette wanted to make a statement (about the aborted 2006 classification) then she's done it with this wine. Dark, powerful, brooding, it has a massive weight of cassis flavoured fruit and tight tannic frame. Very impressive. Drink 2015-2028. Decanter.com
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This is very serious and impressive for the vintage, offering silky tannins and cool, racy fruit, with nutmeg, blackberry and light vanilla character. – James Suckling , Wine Spectator 2009
En primeur barrel sample. A very dense, almost impenetrable nose with layers of dark, earthy fruit that change in the glass, revealing some intriguing coconut/almond scents from the oak. Very typical in style for the chateau with its firm robust tannins, good weight of fruit, dense blackberry, boysenberry and smoke-tinged finish. Very good length. Excellent. Tasted twice with consistent notes. Tasted April 2009. Neal Martin, eRobertParker.com
Blackish, purple. Hint of farmyard on the nose. Plummy sweet - very chocolatey and Rollandian. Then rather obvious acidity and rather green tannins on the finish. Tannins very supple. Should deliver pleasure to modernists - eventually. Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com
About the producer
This estate – promoted in 2006 to Premier Grand Cru Classé B – is perched at the highest point in Saint-Emilion. Aymeric de Gironde has been managing the property since 2017 and guided it to new heights.