2002 Château Troplong-Mondot
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Tasting notes
Touches of reduction on the first moments, with dominant confident tannins that fill out through the mid palate even while they close things down on the finish. This is an architectural wine, it reflects the terroir and reminds me once again that I never really understood Troplong until I had walked the vineyards and seen the clay that sits over the limestone. As it opens, salty cracker salinity comes in, a signature of Troplong, and this is ready to drink, although still with a good decade or more ahead of it. As ever, under the previous owners, I feel Troplong does better in the slightly more challenging years, when nature reins in the excess but the excellence of the site still speaks. 100% new oak, Michel Rolland consultant.
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Robert Parker
More reviews and scores
Surprisingly complex and appealing. Dark-fruit notes are a little bit jammy and the tannins are evident but there is still quite a lot to enjoy here in this mature, at-peak example. (AWH)
Crimson. Very ripe and taken to the limit. Not that refreshing and a bit bitter on the finish. Not graceful. Hot on the finish. (JR)
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.