Chateau Troplong Mondot 2015

Grape Variety: 90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc.

Tasting Notes: This 2015 vintage marks a Château Troplong Mondot with the qualities of the greatest vintages, reflecting the original and innovative reasoned cultural approach put in place almost ten years ago by Xavier Pariente, in collaboration with Claude and Lydia Bourguignon. This Troplong Mondot 2015 has a silky and elegant material, with a complex nose of black fruits, liquorice and spices, accompanied by a nice freshness, a powerful and fullbodied wine.

99 points: A wine I was able to taste on multiple occasions, the 2015 Troplong Mondot is a tour de force that readers need to snatch up. This cuvee comes from the cool, clay and limestone soils on the upper plateau (it’s the highest point in the appellation) and is a blend of 92% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, harvest between September 30th and October 21st, that was brought up in 85% new French oak. Sporting a deep, inky color as well as a sensational bouquet of creme de cassis, blackberry, toasted spice, licorice and spring flowers, it’s another huge wine from this estate that has perfect balance between its fruit, oak and tannin, a stacked mid-palate, and an incredible finish. I wrote "crazy good" more than once in my notes. It has enough fruit and texture to drink nicely even today, yet needs 4-5 years of cellaring and will keep for two to three decades. It's one of the great wines of the vintage. -Jeb Dunnuck

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