In Bond Fine Wine. 2018 Château Troplong Mondot, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France. Premier Grand Cru Classé B • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2023–2050. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
James Molesworth (JM) — 95–98/100 · Wine Spectator, 28/03/2019
This offers a lovely display of boysenberry, cherry and plum fruit, yet stays refined and focused, relying on purity as this glides through. Has weight but feels silky, with a flinty mineral hint adding cut on the finish.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (LPB) — 93–95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 23/04/2019
The 2018 Troplong Mondot is blended of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, with 14.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.56. Deep garnet-purple in color, it begins slowly with bold, bright black raspberries, ripe black plums, fresh blackberries and Morello cherries notes, giving way to underlying scents of tobacco, wild sage, Sichuan pepper, black olives, truffles and Marmite toast with…
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 96/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 22/07/2021 · Drink 2026 - 2056
The 2018 Chateau Troplong Mondot showed beautifully. Based on 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc, it reveals a dense purple color as well as ripe beautiful aromatics of black cherries, red plums, graphite, espresso, Asian spices, and gravelly earth. Beautiful on the palate as well, it's medium to full-bodied and has a rounded, expansive texture, plenty of mid-palate d…