Chateau Troplong Mondot 2017

A Premier Grand Cru Classé B of Saint-Émilion, Château Troplong Mondot is renowned for its limestone terroir and exceptional depth. It reveals aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum, violet, graphite, dark chocolate, truffle, and exotic spice. Richly concentrated yet impeccably refined, it delivers velvety tannins, remarkable freshness, extraordinary precision, and a long, powerful finish.

Food Pairing: Pair with beef Wellington, roast lamb, duck breast, venison, black truffle dishes, mushroom risotto, aged Comté, or braised short ribs.

96 Points - Decanter

Fresh cassis bud, blueberry and liquorice root showing ripeness was full but not overdone. This is a definite break with the older Troplong style (also Aymeric de Gironde's first vintage as director, arriving just in time for harvest). Two years on, and it is really is rather lovely. Austerity is clear, as is true in so many of these wines, showcasing that 2017 is not a vintage for hedonists. But, this is bedding down for the long-term, and you can already feel the flesh laying down over the bones of the wine. Frost barely affected the vineyard at Troplong, giving a yield of 45hl/ha (in itself a bigger yield than was usual here in the old days), with 95% used for the grand vin.

96 Points - James Suckling

Very perfumed and subtle with crushed currants, smoke and blackberries. Medium to full body. Compressed, round tannins and a flavorful finish. Shows focus and finesse with serious structure for the vintage. It grows slowly on the palate. Really beautiful. Drink after 2022.

96 Points - 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.

95 Points - 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.

95 Points - 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.

94 Points - Wine Spectator