2017 chateau troplong mondot premier grand cru classe b, saint-emilion grand cru
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Why We're Buying
For an estate with a Premier grand cru classé (B) rating, Château Troplong Mondot doesn't garner as much attention. The estate has turned that perception around in recent years, thanks to collaborations with oenologist Michel Rolland and Food and Wine Magazine's Winemaker of the Year, Aaron Pott.
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's 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.
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2017 Château Troplong Mondot offers a much more fresh, focused, vibrant style. Deep ruby/purple-colored, with a perfumed bouquet of black raspberries, spring flowers, graphite, and that classic minerality of the estate, it's medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced, has fine tannins, and a great finish. It's not going to match the 2016, but it’s certainly an elegant, pretty, graceful wine.
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.
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.