Chateau Troplong Mondot Grand Cru Classe 2014
96 Points, Jeb Dunnuck – 96 Points, Antonio Galloni -Vinous
This one comes direct from the winery – perfect storage conditions from production until now – something that’s invaluable when dealing with aged Bordeaux. This is one of the stars of the vintage too – a wine that earned extraordinary praise, with matching 96-point scores from both Jeb Dunnuck and Antonio Galloni, plus 95 points from James Suckling.
Dunnuck didn’t mince words, he dubbed it “Unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage,” a “beauty” with “more intensity, richness and exuberance than just about every other wine in 2014”. In a forgotten vintage where many struggled to achieve full ripeness and concentration, the 2014 Troplong Mondot oozes with personality, grace, and laserlike precision.
Antonio Galloni described it as a “stunningly beautiful, opulent Saint-Émilion” that manages to be “large-scale” while maintaining elegance and seamlessness. Even better for us, at 10 years of age, this wine is a complete showstopper right now with another 10-15 years of evolution ahead of it.
Original price was: $150.00.$105.00Current price is: $105.00.
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96 Points, Vinous
“The 2014 Troplong Mondot is super-impressive. Dark cherry, plum, smoke, chocolate and dark spice notes meld together in this stunningly beautiful, opulent Saint-Émilion. Large-scale, ample and totally flamboyant in style, the 2014 is going to need time to fully come together, but it is striking even today.”
96 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
“The 2014 Troplong Mondot is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage, and this beauty has more intensity, richness, and exuberance than just about every other wine in 2014. A blend of 90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc brought up in 85% new French oak, it sports a deep purple/plum color as well as a smorgasbord of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, toasty oak, graphite, espresso, and earth. With full-bodied richness, beautiful purity of fruit, and a rich, yet weightless texture, it’s a big, yet classy, elegant, and seamless wine from Xavier Pariente that should be snatched up by readers. It’s already drinking well but has 20-25 years of prime drinking to go.”
I recently attended an industry-only library tasting that featured dozens of top Bordeaux estates pouring a few vintages each. It was a good tasting! I was there looking for Blue Chips but also hunting for value, and I quickly saw a large crowd huddling around a wine that was clearly stealing the show, with each bottle disappearing quicker than the last. I had to bring us that wine, so I locked into a special deal for 36 bottles of the 2014 Château Troplong Mondot directly from the winery’s cellars in Saint-Émilion.
This pristine, cellar-direct provenance means perfect storage conditions from production until now – something that’s invaluable when dealing with aged Bordeaux. You can’t possibly beat a cellar-worthy Saint-Émilion standout that is easily one of the stars of the vintage that is only not starting to hit its prime.
If you’re familiar with Troplong Mondot, you know that for the last 20+ years, their quality and overall value on the Right Bank has been unmatched. Any given vintage like in 2014, they can be amongst the very best.
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