Tanzer Score: 91

Score: 94-97 RP

Region: Bordeaux

District: Saint Emilion

Type: Still Wine

Color: Red

Varietal: Red Bordeaux

Vintage: 2009

Futures Item: Yes

Brand: See more from Chateau Troplong Mondot

Sku: 124561

Price: $179.99

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Wine Spectator Review:
Intense aromas of blackberry and blueberry follow through to a full body, with well-integrated tannins and a fruity finish. Offers lots of licorice and spice. There's lovely length to this. Reserved and pretty. Score range 94-97.

Parker Review:
I tasted this wine four separate times, with three tastings extremely consistent, and one tasting showing slightly more noticeable and astringent tannin. Do I think it is going to be as prodigious as the 2005? No, but it is a compelling Troplong Mondot, and probably more approachable than the 2005 has been in its youth. This is a large vineyard, nearly 80 acres in size, and part of it had hail damage in May. They are late-harvesters, the Merlots were picked through October 10 and the Cabernet finished October 20, with very low yields of 30 hectoliters per hectare, no doubt due at least in part to the hail damage. Alcohols on lots chosen for the grand vin are very high, between 14.5 and 15.5. The wine is inky purple in color, displaying beautiful creme de cassis, licorice, subtle smoke and graphite notes, enormous body, juicy, viscous texture, good vibrancy, a skycraper-like, multi-dimensional mouthfeel, and a whopping long finish of 40 seconds. This is a great wine, probably more hedonistic and voluptuous than the 2005, but ultimately a tiny notch below that virtually perfect Troplong Mondot, which still gets my nod as the best ever made. This wine should evolve for at least 30-40 years. -Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate

Tanzer Review:
Inky black-ruby. Slightly gamey, highly aromatic nose combines cassis, plum jam, blood orange, incense and soy sauce. Then outsized but supple and fresh, with spicy plum, cedar and rosemary-oregano flavors supported by ultra-smooth tannins and lingering with outstanding persistence. This is one of the best young Troplong-Mondots I can recall perhaps slightly overdone (though not overripe), but it's hard to argue with this much sex appeal.