Chateau Troplong Mondot 2017 - Case of 6 Bottles (75cl)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

it is very focused

Robert Parker: 91-93 / 100

while again offering a lovely balance between red fruit and darker notes

achieving wondrous energy and delineation with time

were nonetheless rigorously sorted to remove anything not fully up to standard

Certainly this has lost the corpulence that it showed in barrel

the palate struts tons of elegantly fragrant red and black fruit flavors with a firm backbone of ripe

the palate is a full-on atomic bomb waiting to go off

Drink date 2025-2060

balanced and wonderfully complex finish

Petit Verdot 6%

This is sufficiently structured to warrant allowing it 6 to 8 years of cellaring