Château Troplong Mondot 2016

Jeannie Cho Lee MV

Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

Andreas Larsson - Tasted

High ripeness with inky dark fruit, crème de cassis, prune, smoke, new oak and meaty notes. Very dense and powerful palate with ample dark fruit, smoke, meat, gingerbread spices with a well-preserved freshness, plentiful grainy tannin with a muscular and very long intense finish.

Falstaff

Deep dark ruby, firm core, purple reflections, DELICATE rim brightening, restrained, fine SAVOURY hints of cardamom and cloves, blackberry confit and black cherries underneath. Complex, juicy and powerful, pronounced in fruit texture, integrated, supporting tannins, mineral and long, chocolaty finish, safe MATURITY certain ageing potential.

Wine Enthusiast

This wine has power and a rich character that almost overwhelms. Intense tannins along with dark-chocolate flavors and huge concentration give a massive wine that shows some of the alcohol in its edge of pepper. The wine will calm and soften although it will always remain huge. Drink from 2026.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

The inky hue in the wine clearly matches up with the level of concentration in the ripe, dark berries. Add in liberal doses of black licorice, smoke, espresso, chocolate and boysenberry, and you have the core of the wine. Powerful, full, rich and with real depth of flavor, give this 10-12 years before popping a cork.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Aged in 77% new and 23% one-year-old French oak barrels and composed of 89% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Troplong Mondot has a deep garnet-purple color and comes bursting out of the glass with bold preserved plums, Black Forest cake and Indian spices scents plus suggestions of espresso, black olives, cigar box and tilled soil. Full-bodied, rich, plushly textured and oh-so-decadent, it packs in the spiced black fruit layers and finishes with fantastic persistence.

Jeb Dunnuck

Coming from one of the coolest terroirs in Saint-Emilion, the 2016 Château Troplong Mondot is a blend of 89% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc brought up in 77% new French oak. This deep purple-hued effort offers a smorgasbord of powerful blue and black fruits, smoked earth, truffle, chocolate, and licorice. Full-bodied, deep, and opulent on the palate, it’s a truly great wine as well as one of the superstars in 2016. It should drink well for upwards of three decades.

James Suckling

Love the aromas of redcurrants and cherries with flowers. Full body and tight, finely chewy tannins that impress. Linear and focused young red.