2017 | Château Troplong Mondot | Saint-Émilion Grand Cru | France Cantenac-Brown and salted caramel

and salted caramel

adorned by a more general hint of spices

either enjoy this in the next few months or cellar this for a few years and receive vinous dividends down the line

This has attractive

and grilled fish and will improve with additional cellaring for 2 to 5 years

2017 | Château Troplong Mondot | Saint-Émilion Grand Cru | France Cantenac-Brown and salted caramelThe 2017 Troplong Mondot is stunning, just as it was en primeur. Rich and ample, yet endowed with striking energy as well, the 2017 is the first vintage made by new CEO Aymeric de Gironde and consulting winemaker Thomas Duclos. The 2017 takes hold of all the senses and never lets up. All of the power that is typical of this site is evident, it seems to come so naturally, and yet picking earlier and then using a lighter hand in the cellar yielded a