Chateau Troplong Mondot 2017

Bewertungen

• 97/100

  Jane Anson
  Even is a lighter-styled vintage like 2017, Troplong Mondot needs serious coaxing if you are looking at early drinking. This was an important vintage in the development of the estate, with the arrival of new owners and of director Aymeric de Gironde, and a move towards earlier harvests and less intensive extraction during fermentation. It's still pretty young but already showcasing stunning depths and nuance, with iris and peony floral character given lift to the muscular cassis and damson fruit. 65% new oak for ageing, Thomas Duclos consultant. Tasted a few times this year, and in the end its quality has placed it among the wines of the year - but definitely remember to give it a good number of hours in the carafe before drinking."

• 96/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  This wine is structured, with dense tannins as well as impressively ripe black fruit. Showing lifted acidity, succulent blackberry flavors and elegance, it has a good future and will be ready from 2025."

• 96/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  The 2017 Troplong Mondot has a deep garnet color. It is a little closed and reduced to start before slowly unfurling to offer notes of redcurrant jelly, kirsch, and fresh blackberries, with nuances of charcoal, damp soil, and Sichuan pepper. The medium to full-bodied palate is wonderfully bright and tightly knit, with vibrant, crunchy red and black fruits, supported by velvety tannins and great tension, finishing with epic length and energy. CEO Aymeric de Gironde arrived on the first day of the harvest in 2017."

• 96/100

  Decanter
  The first year of what has been a major stylistic shift at the property, with a mix of both evident changes - bringing the harvest date forward by two weeks for the first grapes, and behind the scenes, in terms of lower fermentation temperatures and no more malolactic in barrel. Emphasis on blue fruit, liquorice, cocoa, and slate, with a mouthwatering finish that promises a long life ahead. Owned 100% by SCOR insurance company as of this vintage, after a shareholding that began in 2014. New director Aymeric de Gironde came over from Cos d'Estournel on the Left Bank and ushered in this more pared back style (although even with earlier picking, alcohols are still high at Troplong, showing that terroir remains boss). 65% new oak for ageing. Very little affected by the frost, giving a yield of 45hl/ha, 95% used for the grand vin."

• 96/100

  James Suckling
  Very perfumed and subtle with crushed currants, smoke and blackberries. Medium to full body. Compressed, round tannins and a flavorful finish. Shows focus and finesse with serious structure for the vintage. It grows slowly on the palate. Really beautiful. Drink after 2022."

• 95/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  Licorice, smoke, black cherry, plum and crushed rocks create the nose. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, sweetly authentic and luxuriously textured. There is more virtue in the fruit but less density and lower ABV than in previous vintages. The wine shows more influence from the limestone, instead of the clay. This dramatic change in style is a matter of choice by the new director, Aymeric de Gironde who is seeking more aromatic complexity and balance over power and ripeness in the wine. The wine was produced from a blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, reaching 14.2% ABV."

• 95/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  The 2017 Chateau Troplong Mondot continues in the new style of this estate and is based on 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc from healthy yields of 48 hectoliters per hectare. Its deep ruby/purple hue is followed by a stunning perfume of creme de cassis, black raspberries, white chocolate, crushed flowers, and a terrific sense of minerality. Flawlessly balanced, medium to full-bodied, and nicely concentrated, it shows the more elegant, classical style of the vintage beautifully. It has the texture and balance to drink brilliantly today yet will benefit from 4-6 years of bottle age and keep for two decades or more."

• 18,5/20

  Weinwisser
  Rubingranat mit leuchtendem Rand. Was für ein sinnliches Parfüm nach roten Kirschen, parfümiertem Pfeifentabak und verführerischem Irisduft. Im zweiten Ansatz Schokopralinen und Zwetschgenmus. Am geradlinigen Gaumen mit engmaschigem Tanningerüst, stützender Rasse und feinmehligem Extrakt gepaart mit einer edlen Salznote. Im konzentrierten, nicht enden wollenden Finale Wildkirsche und Schlehen. Faszinierend daran ist diese Energie, die den Wein vom Anfang bis zum Schluss begleitet. Nicht ohne Grund eine der Top-Empfehlungen in Weinwisser- Ausgabe 06/2018. Chapeau, Aymeric!"

• 95/100

  The Wine Advocate
  Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Troplong Mondot is a little closed to begin, soon unfurling to reveal expanding notions of warm blackberries, wild blueberries and licorice plus hints of smoked meats, black olives, pencil shavings and truffles. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is packed mouth-coating black fruits, exploding into loads of earthy sparks with a soft, velvety texture from ripe, rounded tannins. It finishes with spectacular freshness and loads of layers."

• 94/100

  Wine Spectator
  Very fresh in feel, with silky textured plum, cassis and cherry flavors infused with rooibos tea, mineral and floral notes. The long, refined finish lets the pure fruit sing, while the minerally edge adds detail. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2021 through 2037."

• 17+/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Lacking the density of 2015/16, fragrance, freshness and early-drinking appeal are the key factors. Dark redcurrant and cherry, fine oak integration, a very elegant wine which speaks more about the vintage and terroir than winemaking. A new direction for Troplong-Mondot?"

• 89/100

  Falstaff
  Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, reife Kirschenfrucht, feines Erdbeerkonfit, ein Hauch von Orangenzesten. Weitmaschig, rotbeerige, präsente Tannine, etwas Nougat, es fehlt an Balance, zerfließender Abgang, bleibt kurz."