Chateau Troplong Mondot St. Emilion Bordeaux Wine

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Chateau Troplong Mondot St. Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Bordeaux wine producer profile, with wine tasting notes, wine ratings, a history of the property, information on wine making and terroir, along with wine tasting reviews. If you want to read about other important, Bordeaux Chateaux: Links to all Bordeaux Wine Producer Profiles

The history of Chateau Troplong Mondot dates back to the 17th century. At that time, the Bordeaux wine vineyard belonged to the Abbé Raymond de Sèze. It was de Seze, who in 1745 constructed the chateau that still remains on the property today. 

The Sèze family were well known in the Bordeaux wine community. In fact, they owned several different properties in St. Emilion. In 1850, Raymond Troplong became the owner of this Right Bank estate. Following in the custom of the time, the new owner, Troplong combined the name of the land with his last name and came up with Troplong Mondot. During his tenure at Troplong Mondot, he increased the size of the Bordeaux wine vineyard until it reached the exact size it remains today.

In 1869, Raymond Troplong died. Edouard, his nephew, was the next member of the familiy to manage the Bordeaux wine property. Eventually, the estate was sold to the well known Bordeaux wine merchant Georges Thienpont from Belgium. Three years later, Thienpont purchased another property. This time the land was located in Pomerol. Needing money after obtaining Vieux Chateau Certan, in 1936, Thienpont sold Troplong Mondot. The property at that time passed into the hands ot Alexander Valette. Valette was a well known Parisian Bordeaux wine negociant.

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Troplong Mondot has remained in the Valette families hands. It has been managed by Christine Valette since 1980. Running Chateau Troplong Mondot is a family affair. Christine’s eldest daughter is Margaux is now working at the estate as well.

Troplong Mondot occupies great terroir. The 33 hectare vineyard is situated on the slopes, at a vantage point that overlooks the entire St. Emilion village. The elevation at the highest point reaches over 100 meters. . The vineyards hillsides extends to the south. They reach all the way to the border of Chateau Pavie.

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The terroir is deep made up of deep limestone deposits under layers of thick clay. There are also sedimentary fragments of flint and limestone. Since 1988, the plantings at Troplong Mondot have changed. In 1989 and 1990. According to Christine Valette, “1989, was the initial year Troplong Mondot produced its first great Bordeaux wine of the modern era. In ’89, the final blend was 65% merlot, 15% cabernet sauvignon, 15% cabernet franc, and 5% malbec. Today, the vineyards are planted differently. Currently, the cepage is 90% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. During the replanting, new root stocks were used, which assist in low yields. The average of the vines runs about 35 years. But there are vines close to 100 years old, located near the barrel room.

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The property practices traditional viticulture, combined with an environmentally-friendly approach and modern techniques. They use no weedkillers, chemical fertilizers or pesticides. De-budding in the spring and De-leafing in July, along with crop thinning to enhance optimal ripening of the grapes are always practiced here.

The fruit is hand harvested and fully destemmed. Alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks and Malotactic fermentation in oak barrels. The wines are matured in oak barrels of which 75% are new for 12 to 24 months depending on the vintage. The property produced about 7,000 cases a year on average. The estate also makes a second wine called Mondot. In 2006 Troplong Mondot was awarded their well deserved premier Grand Cru Classé status.

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Due to their unique terroir, which causes it to be one of the last vineyards harvested, the wine offers a unique style. It’s thick and rich in the mouth, but never heavy. The wine has scents of dark plums, licorice, blackberries, coffee,spice, dark cherries, stone, chocolate, flowers and blackberry liqueur. More sensuous than elegant on the palate with an intensity of flavors, coupled with the ability to age, this wine belongs in any Bordeaux wine lovers cellars.

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If you want to enjoy life in the wine country of Bordeaux, in 2010, Chateau Troplong Mondot opened a bed and breakfast inn, right on the property! “Les Belles Perdrix” (The Beautiful Partridges) is located in the heart of St. Emilion, on a hill over looking the picturesque village of St. Emilion. There are three different, beautiful rooms to chose from. More than bed and breakfast, if you desire, the chateau recently hired a fabulous French chef that works with fresh, local products. Of course, guests will also receive special VIP tours and tastings at Chateau Troplong Mondot as well!

For additional information, this is direct Email contact@bellesperdrix.com

www.chateau-troplong-mondot.com

Tasting Notes

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  1. 2011 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 95 points - Tasted

      Blending 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached approximately 14.5% alcohol. From yields of 41 hectoliters per hectare, the wine is aged in 85% new oak. Inky in color with blue/purple color in the rim, the wine is plush, rich, round and polished with chocolate-covered boysenberry, caramel, earth, coffee and plummy scents. Filled with sweet, ripe, fresh bitter chocolate and cherries, there is length, purity and polish. 94-96 Pts

  2. 2010 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 97 points - Tasted

      Troplong Mondot has been slowly increasing the amount of Cabernet Sauvignon in the vineyards. 2010 is the first year featuring a substantial portion (14%) in the blend, along with 83% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Previous recent vintages have included about 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Currently, the vineyard is planted to 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the goal set to about 20%. The Cabernet Sauvignon is planted in clay soil, as it does not grow well in limestone. Yields were low in this vintage at 32 hectoliters per hectare, the same as in 2009. The wine reached 15.5% alcohol. For people that like to compare, 2009 came in at 15.4% alcohol. The pH is 3.6 is for the Merlot and 3.75 in Cabernet Sauvignon. Those low levels of pH allow the wine to feel fresh and offer lift. 2010 expresses more lift than 2009. . Midnight black in color, with a perfume filled with minerality, licorice, blueberry, blackberry, jam and clay, this dense, chocolate covered, sweet boysenberry filled wine packs a lot of wine into the bottle. Sensuous, palate staining, incredibly concentrated and rich, the wine coats your palate. The experience ends with a long bath of chocolate covered blackberries and black cherry liqueur that combine for a hedonistic treat. This decadent wine is one of the great vintages of Troplong Mondot. 97-98 Pts

  3. 2009 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 95 points - Tasted

      This deeply colored. St. Emilion offers enticing scents of licorice, fresh roasted espresso bean, plum, boysenberry, earth, spice and chocolate. Blending 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc, this is a lush, thick, rich, sexy, corpulent, low acid style of Bordeaux wine that finishes with layers of licorice, juicy plum, black cherry liqueur and cocoa.

    2. 95 points - Tasted

      2009 Troplong Mondot, 90% merlot and 10% cabernet franc, is opaque with purple tints. Aromas of jammy plums, licorice, coffee, minerals, caramel, and dark berries fill your nose. Full bodied and intense, this thick, dense, wine is stuffed with ripe dark berries, chocolate, licorice, and plums. Even at 15.4% alcohol, the 2009 Troplong Mondot displays only a minor touch of heat in the palate. 94-96 Pts

  4. 2008 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 95 points - Tasted

      Oak, black cherry, anise, flowers, spice and minerality greet your nose, This round, rich wine with soft textures ends with kirsch and fresh blackberry flavors. 2008 was the latest harvest in the history of the property. Due to their cool terroir, the extra time allowed the fruit to develop full ripeness.

    2. 95 points - Tasted

      2008 Troplong Mondot is the first vintage to officially celebrate their new, and well deserved upgrade in the St. Emilion classification to Premier Grand Cru on the label. This deeply colored wine has a complex perfume of black licorice, bitter dark chocolate, boysenberry, blueberry and juicy fresh plums. The wine fills your palate with luscious, opulent, dark fruit and hints of anise. 95 Pts

    3. 95 points - Tasted

      08 Château Troplong Mondot. That the château did not conclude its harvest until November 1 is something for the record books. 2008 was also the debut vintage for their new cellars. For the first time the grapes went through 3 sortings, the final one done entirely by hand. The wine is dark ruby with inky tints. The nose shows ripe black fruit, licorice, flowers, spice, and toasty oak aromas. This full bodied, fleshy wine has a great mouth feel. Its long finish offers up black fruit coated with chocolate and licorice. 93-96 Pts

  5. 2006 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 93 points - Tasted

      Big, powerful, tannic and structured to age, this Bordeaux wine is filled with black and blue fruit, licorice, spice, fresh roasted coffee beans, cocoa and minerality. Manly in style, full bodied and concentrated, give it another 5-8 years to let it come together before popping a bottle.

  6. 2005 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 98 points - Tasted

      Aromatic fireworks are set off by explosions of cherries, spice, black plums, herbs, coffee, smoke and ripe, black fruit. Immense concentration combined with structure to age for decades are the backbone of this Bordeaux wine. With each sip your palate is drenched in endless waves of thick, concentrated, chocolate covered, black fruit and tannin. But, the ample tannin is sweet, elegant and refined reminding me of the lovely Christine Valette who made what could become the finest wine Troplong Mondot has ever produced.

    2. 97 points - Tasted

      The fennel, blackberry, chocolate and cassis nose got you going. The incredible, concentrated, lush, fat, sexy fruit that pampered your palate was next in line. The long rich, round, opulent sweet, ripe, fruit filled finish let you know this is one of the truly special wines from an amazing vintage.

    3. 98 points - Tasted

      If someone said 05 Troplong Mondot is better than 90 Troplong Mondot, they would get no argument from me. Deep, dark, opaque, ruby in color. Black fruit, plums and spices melt all over your palate and senses with perfect balance. Levels of concentration that must be tasted to be believed are found in this Bordeaux. Incredibly lush, opulent, sexy palate texture. Tremendous viscosity.

    4. 98 points - Tasted

      This wine is compelling. Sex in a bottle is the perfect descriptor... Inky, black, purple tinted color, with layer after layer of rich, deep, very ripe fruit, herbs and spices. Incredible layers of balanced concentration. The finish lasts close to a minute! The palate presence is off the hook. Your palate never tires of being bathed in a wealth of fruit. It is difficult to stop tasting the wine because each taste shows something different

  7. 2000 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 94 points - Tasted

      Licorice, chocolate, truffle, smoke, earth and black cherry liqueur scents opened to a rich, opulent, concentrated, structured wine filled with layers of chocolate covered black cherries, blueberry, spice and fennel. 2000 Troplong Mondot is built to age and improve. Some tannin remains that needs to be resolved. Popped and poured, this felt tight. Other bottles have performed better. The wine will definitely benefit from an hour of air, or even better, another 3-5 years in the cellar.

    2. 96 points - Tasted

      With an inviting nose filled with licorice, caramel, truffle, chocolate covered plums and smoke, the wine offers dense, powerful, rich, plush layers of sweet, ripe, jammy dark, fresh berries before ending with a long, wave of licorice, cocoa and sweet, juicy, ripe plums. Give it another 5 years for this hedonistic, St. Emilion wine to gain additional levels of complexity.

    3. 96 points - Tasted

      Deeply colored with floral, spice, licorice, plum and dark berry notes, this full bodied, lush wine is concentrated withopulently textured, ripe berries, chocolate and fennel. Still young, this will improve for 15-20 or more years.

    4. 96 points - Tasted

      Big, dense, rich, sexy, perfectly balanced with layers and layers of deep, opulent fruit layers. Every swirl, sniff and swallow is a treat for the senses! This is a very special wine that with time will compete with the top wines of the vintage! It's not often a wine combines complexity, sensuality and hedonism, but, if that's what you're seeking in a wine, look no further. For some reason, this wine remains a steal in the marketplace. At today's price, this is a wine well worth buying a case of. It will only get better with time.

    5. 96 points - Tasted

      The levels of depth and layers of fruit and flavors make this wine standout. It features richness and intense aromatics and flavors. Very lush and concentrated. Still young, this has a great future

  8. 1998 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 94 points - Tasted

      Still young, fresh and vibrant, but maturing at a slow and steady pace, a beautiful nose of licorice, boysenberry, black cherry jam, truffle and mocha appear. Round, soft and plush, the wine ends with a dark chocolate covered plums and spice. This is showing well today and should continue to evolve and offer pleasure for at least another 15 or more years if well stored.

    2. 94 points - Tasted

      Licorice, chocolate, boysenberry, truffle, mint, coffee and fresh black cherry aromas pop from the glass with little effort. Plush, lush, opulent and sexy, this chocolate, licorice and dark plum filled St. Emilion has added a lot of weight, density and complexity over the last few wines. In today's over heated marketplace, this is a wine to buy, cellar and enjoy.

    3. 94 points - Tasted

      A fountain of rich, licorice, chocolate and sweet black fruits jumped from the glass. Full bodied and filled with elegant, plush, opulent fruit, the 1998 Troplong Mondot is starting to blossom

    4. 94 points - Tasted

      Spicy cherries, black fruit, licorice and an interesting hint of candied raspberry start off the aromatics. Rich, deep and concentrated on the palate, the wine finishes with a blast of ripe, licorice and dark berry notes.

    5. 93 points - Tasted

      Licorice, chocolate, black plum and dark berry aromatics with coffee and spice. Full bodied, ripe tannins and a long, powerful, yet elegant, fruit filled finish are the hallmarks of this wine. Still young, this will only get better with time.

  9. 1995 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 92 points - Tasted

      A melange of red and black fruit, anise, chocolate, minerals and herbs filled the perfume. Good concentration, but like so many other 95 wines, the tannins are hard making this a more foursquare style for the Chateau.

  10. 1990 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 98 points - Tasted

      Explosive aromas of licorice, boysenberry, truffle, 5 spice, cocoa, black cherry liqueur,smoke, herbs, earth, coffee, forest floor and caramel. Full bodied, intense, powerful, rich and opulently textured, this decadent St. Emilion wine ends with a long, pure, dark chocolate covered plum and blackberry liqueur finish. Still young fresh and vibrant, this will continue to improve. 3 hours later, the wine is still going strong! 1990 is the best vintage of Troplong Mondot until the stunning 2005. 98 Pts

    2. 98 points - Tasted

      Rich and port like, if you wanted to find this wine in the dictionary, look under decadent, Intense and concentrated, this glycerine filled wine is stuffed with fat, juicy ripe plums, chocolate, spice, truffle, earth, fudge, espresso bean, blueberry and black cherry liqueur. The wine coats your mouth with layers of port like fruit that last close to sixty seconds! Decadent is the perfect word to describe the wine. The levels of concentration found in this bottle of heaven are seldom seen in dry wines. I have high hopes the 2005 and possibly 2010 will turn out this well when they reach maturity.

    3. 93 points - Tasted

      This was not a correct bottle. This normally exuberant bottle was muted when compared to better examples. You could sense the ripe qualities and potential, but this bottle was off. Still, on this night, we experienced hints of the exotic sweetness and multiple layers of flavors usually found in the wine, but we were missing the full monty. More often than not, I've written this wine is one of the best wines of the decade! But, you know the old adage about older wines, "There is no such thing as great wines, only great bottles." As wines age, provenance is everything. This was a perfect example of the value of buying wines as early as possible and storing them correctly

    4. 95 points - Tasted

      Black cherry, blackberry, herbs and licorice were easy to find. Lots of fat, juicy, black fruit wash your palate. But the intense, ostentatious, very ripe and exotic sweetness coupled with power found in the best bottles was not present. Still, the wine was bold, fat and sexy.

    5. 99 points - Tasted

      Off the charts aromatics featuring spice, fresh herbs, ripe blackberry, over ripe plums and dark chocolate. Concentrated, full bodied and drenched with sweet fruit, ripe tannins and opulent textures. This sex bomb of a wine finishes with Port like textures, non-stop ripe, dark berry, black cherry and spice flavors that linger for close to a minute!

    6. 99 points - Tasted

      Rich and incredibly port like, decadent is the perfect word to describe the wine. The levels of concentration found in this bottle of heaven are seldom seen in dry wines. This wine drapes over your palate with countles layers of ripe, rich, plush, unctuous juice. The aromatics were complex and they were made a touch more interesting while sparking a bit of controversy as there was a minor tint of VA in the finish.

    7. 99 points - Tasted

      Licorice, coffee, black and blue fruit accented by exotic spices scream from the bottle before the wine even hits your glass. But, the party really starts when this decadent nectar connects with your palate. Tasting this feels akin to multiple layers of molten fruit caressing your tongue and palate. This wine is so packed with dense, rich, ripe heavenly fruit, even the concentration seems concentrated. Truly a wow wine!

    8. 98 points - Tasted

      Plums, exotic spices, jammy blackberries, coffee & toffee notes are in full force. Still tannic. Very concentrated and full bodied, this thick, complex rich Bordeaux is almost decadent. Layer after layer of ripe black cherries, plums and assorted fruit fill every nook and cranny of you palate. The finish must last close to a minute. Purchased for $35 10 years ago, this is becoming one of the right bank treasures in my cellar.

    9. 98 points - Tasted

      This wine, Christine’s favorite modern vintage is so rich, complex and concentrated it is almost off the charts! The perfume is intoxicating, the body is similar to vintage Port and the layers of flavor rolling over your palate and too numerous to count. The seamless finish lasts close to :60

    10. 98 points - Tasted

      The fruit is insanely ripe with unreal levels of concentration and a perfume that is so complex, you’d need a spread-sheet to list everything happening with the wine.

    11. 99 points - Tasted

      Blackberry liqueur, anise, and spices roared from the glass. The level of glycerin was off the charts. This dense, thick and rich elixir, truly resembles motor oil. But, from a great year! This is so packed and stacked with decadent, ripe, fruit, it’s hard to believe

    12. 96 points - Tasted

      I found its exotic coconut accented perfume intoxicating. The multiple layers of sweet, ripe, decadent fruit were extraordinary. The 90 Troplong Mondot delivers pleasure in abundance. It exemplifies what a port like, dry red wine is.

    13. 99 points - Tasted

      A beautiful, sexy beast of a wine. The wine almost opaque. Deep black fruits, licorice and spices on the nose with a huge, full bodied mouth feel on the palate. Mountains of sweet, ripe black fruit on the nose are made better by the superb mouth feel. 90 Troplong is a pleasure and a treat for hedonists.

  11. 1989 Château Troplong Mondot ( France, Bordeaux, St. Émilion Grand Cru ) Find this wine to buy

    1. 94 points - Tasted

      Licorice, coffee, jammy blackberry, boysenberry liqueur, incense and chocolate scents lead to an intense, concentrated, corpulent mouth feel. Pure, lush, rich and drinking perfectly, there is no reason to delay opening a bottle.

    2. 96 points - Tasted

      Rich, fat, sexy, decadent fruit fills every reach of your palate. Incredibly concentrated, with multiple layers of opulent, smoky, ripe black fruit, plums, and minerals. This already stunning wine, while ready to drink today, will further improve with additional cellar time.

    3. 96 points - Tasted

      With a huge nose of black fruit, plums, minerals, spices, licorice and herbs, it let you know it was in the house. Big, meaty and very concentrated. A huge, tasty, deep mouthful of fresh, ripe, black juicy fruit washes over your palate. The long finish is a pleasure to experience.

    4. 96 points - Tasted

      Rich, fat, sexy, decadent black fruit and minerality filled your entire palate. Incredibly concentrated with multiple layers of opulent, smoky, dark fruit, plums and bitter chocolate were in full force in the long, clean finish.

    5. 95 points - Tasted

      Dark in color, this complex St. Emilion bursts out of the glass with scents of herbs, black fruit, licorice and smoke. Concentrated and compelling on the palate, the round, opulently textured wine delivers a rich, sultry finish.

    6. 95 points - Tasted

      Concentrated, compelling with great structure. This ripe berry, licorice, jammy spice scented wine gets you excited from the nice sniff. The beautiful ripe black, plummy, chocolate flavored fruit and opulent textures will put a smile an any tasters face.

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