Château Troplong-Mondot - St.-Emilion 2016 (3L)
Price: $940.00
Sale Price: $750.00
| Producer | Château Troplong-Mondot |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Sku | 5005418 |
| Size | 3L |
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2016 Troplong Mondot is fabulous. Powerful dense and explosive the 2016 has a lot to say. Super-ripe dark cherry raspberry jam chocolate spice and new oak give the wine much of its lush exotic feel. The château has moved in a totally different stylistic direction since this wine was made but there is no denying the 2016 is striking. Tasted two times.
James Suckling: 96 Points
Love the aromas of redcurrants and cherries with flowers. Full body and tight finely chewy tannins that impress. Linear and focused young red. Try from 2021.
vWine Spectator: 95 Points
Ripe and focused with a pure unadulterated beam of raspberry and cherry preserve flavors that is both wide and deep gilded prettily with a lilting violet note and infused with subtle chalky minerality through the finish. Beautiful. Best from 2023 through 2038. ?JM
Wine Advocate: 95+ Points
Aged in 77% new and 23% one-year-old French oak barrels and composed of 89% Merlot 9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc the 2016 Troplong Mondot has a deep garnet-purple color and comes bursting out of the glass with bold preserved plums Black Forest cake and Indian spices scents plus suggestions of espresso black olives cigar box and tilled soil. Full-bodied rich plushly textured and oh-so-decadent it packs in the spiced black fruit layers and finishes with fantastic persistence. -Neal Martin
Wine Enthusiast: 94 Points
This wine has power and a rich character that almost overwhelms. Intense tannins along with dark-chocolate flavors and huge concentration give a massive wine that shows some of the alcohol in its edge of pepper. The wine will calm and soften although it will always remain huge. Drink from 2026.
Stephen Tanzer: 93 Points
The 2016 Troplong Mondot has a very pretty bouquet of black cherries, boysenberry, crushed stone and light violet aromas that gains vigor with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied and a little fresher than I recall from barrel, with fine tannin and gentle grip on a poised, lightly spiced finish that just feels a little heavy. While I thoroughly enjoy this Troplong, it carries all the remnants of the style of winemaking under Xavier Pariente where everything it is turned up too high. I suspect it will be surpassed by the 2017. 15.5% alcohol.
