Château Troplong Mondot Wein Château Troplong Mondot von Weingut Château Troplong Mondot

William Kelley (robertparker.com):"Der Ende Juni 2025 abgefüllte 2023er Troplong Mondot entfaltet im Glas Noten von dunklen Beeren, Kirschen, kräftigen Gewürzen, Backschokolade und Veilchen. Mittlerer bis voller Körper, geschmeidig und harmonisch, ist er dicht, vollmundig und elegant, mit süßen Tanninen und lebhafter, belebender Säure. Als Cuvée aus 84 % Merlot, 13 % Cabernet Sauvignon und 3 % Cabernet Franc ist der 2023er wunderbar gelungen. Troplong Mondot sits at the peak of a dome of clay (known to geologists as molasses de l'Agenais) some 11-12 meters thick that has never been eroded away, and it's the vines that grow here that represent the heart of the blend. Plowing by horse and employing cover crops helps to reduce compaction of these clays. But Troplong's vineyards aren't limited to this dome: they encompass a range of altitudes from 40 to 110 meters above sea level, ranging onto the plateau toward the town of Saint-Émilion and almost to its edge to the south, obligating a broad window of harvesting dates, with greater attention paid to avoiding over-ripeness. Other evolutions have occurred in the winery and cellar: malolactic fermentation now completes in tank instead of in barrel, and the percentage of new oak is much reduced and, more importantly, less impactful in profile. All of which has brought new aromatic range and textural finesse and, above all, better balance to wines that, in trying to push the boundaries, in the past tended to exceed them. Having tasted Troplong Mondot back to 1959 over the years, I can attest that this site, well-farmed, is never going to produce light, ephemeral wines: power can be taken for granted. What's less self-evident is to render that power with finesse. Troplong Mondot's recent run of vintages has consistently achieved just that."