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Saint-Emilion grand cru classé B en 2012 Logé en caisse bois d’origine de 3 ou 6 bouteilles 75cl William Kelley > Parker 93-96 | Yves Beck 97-99 | Georgina Hindle > Decanter 96 | Jean-Marc Quarin 95 | A. Galloni > Vinous 94-96 Neal Martin > Vinous 93-95
96.21 CHF (89.00 CHF HT)
Yves Beck 97-99 points www.yvesbeck.wine
85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc
Le bouquet se révèle avec délicatesse, précision et complexité. Que de pluralité et de sens du détail. La fraîcheur des baies rouges avec des nuances poivrée et des épices douces créent une symbiose invitante. La fraîcheur est également l’élément clé de l’attaque qui est légèrement crémeuse de surcroît. Le vin a du corps, de la tension et des tannins d’une rare finesse et précision. Ils sont veloutés et en phase avec le tempérament de la structure acide. A eux deux, ces éléments assurent l’avenir du vin et le potentiel de garde qu’ils évoquent est grand ! A l’instar de l’attaque, la finale souligne la fraîcheur du vin. Elle est fine, friande et, surtout, très longue. Troplong est rarement trop court. Celui-ci le rappelle avec brio. 2026-2056
Georgina Hindle 96 points www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022) Bright purple rim to the wine. So many aromas on the nose, really captivating and full – dark chocolate, pink flowers giving a soft perfume, cinnamon, raspberries, black cherries and liquorice too – all intensifying over twenty minutes in the glass. Super bright and charged on the palate, this is off like a firecracker from the initial impact, giving tangy strawberry, red cherry and raspberry fruit flavours. It’s got power no doubt, but a delicate, light style, not so concentrated and intense more lifted and aerial with tension. So much energy here, the flavours come in waves on the palate, red fruits, cooling blue fruits, exotic spices, flowers and fresh minty, stone notes with a real mineral salinity on the finish. It’s perhaps not so weighty or full in the mouth like previous more opulent vintages, but there is clarity and definition of elements on show. I love the mineral finish, so Troplong. Extremely refined. First vintage in the new cellar facilities which helped with precision. Drinking Window 2025 – 2050
Neal Martin 93-95 points www.vinous.com Aymeric de Gironde, who without exaggeration has revolutionized this Saint-Émilion estate, told me that in 2021, the Troplong Mondot comes exclusively from the heart of the original vineyard, mainly on molasse soils. It was picked from September 17 to October 18, unusually finishing with the Merlot, and has 13.5% alcohol without any chaptalization or saignée. The focused blackberry, raspberry and iris petal scented nose is very delineated, yet more reserved than recent vintages. (A second sample at the château had a little more chutzpah.) The palate is medium-bodied with firm, slightly chalky tannins and a fine bead of acidity that imports liveliness and verticality. This Troplong-Mondot is imbued with a palpably mineral-driven finish. I am full of admiration for this cerebral wine, though I wager that it will need several years in bottle.
William Kelley 93-96 points www.erobertparker.com The 2021 Troplong Mondot shows considerable promise, exhibiting aromas of plums and wild berries mingled with notions of sweet spices, rose petals, vine smoke and raw cocoa, followed by a medium to full-bodied, seamless palate endowed with impressive intensity and texture. Built around beautifully refined, powdery tannins and lively acids, it concludes with a long, mouthwateringly saline finish. Macerations here were long but gentle, including a long cold soak before fermentation, and the blend, after much deliberation, is 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc. Tasted four times.
Antonio Galloni 95-97 points www.vinous.com The 2021 Troplong Mondot is shockingly raw and untamed, but in the very best sense of those terms. A wine of energy and pure power, the 2021 is going to need a number of years to be at its best, but it is certainly very impressive in the early going. The 2021 clocks in at 13.5%, which has not been seen here since the 1990s. The 2021 is not an easy wine to taste at this stage, as it is not fully formed. I won’t be surprised if the 2021 turns out even better than this note suggests. It is a dazzling wine by any measure, and a far cry from the wines of decade ago, when the malolactic fermentations were often not finished when en primeur samples were presented! Superb.
Jean-Marc Quarin 95 www.quarin.com Couleur sombre, intense et vive. Nez intense, fin, pur, au fruité mûr et épicé. Immédiatement délicat dès l’entrée en bouche, plus floral que jamais, minutieux dans son toucher et sans cesse parfumé, le vin s’étire en finale, savoureux et délicatement complexe dans son déroulé. Bonne longueur. Assemblage : 85 % merlot, 13 % cabernet sauvignon, 2 % cabernet franc.