Château Troplong Mondot - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2004 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48

Wine Advocate

88 / 100

byNeal Martinthe8/1/2014

Tasted at Bordeaux Index annual 10-year on tasting from an ex-château bottle. The Troplong Mondot 2004 has a ripe and comparatively showy bouquet compared to others: macerated dark cherries, soy and iodine. The palate is medium-bodied with a balsamic-tinged entry and grippy, quite dry tannins. This is a broody Troplong Monday with impressive density and backbone and yet the finish is worryingly dry and tannic. Tasted March 2014.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe7/2/2007

Sweet cherry, white chocolate, black currant, and crushed rock-like characteristics are present in this medium-bodied St.-Emilion. Excellent richness, spicy tannin, and hints of underbrush and herbs in the finish result in an excellent rather than brilliant Troplong-Mondot that must take a back seat to their other-worldly 2005 and impressively endowed 2006. Give it 2-4 years, and it could have outstanding potential.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

89 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe6/30/2007

Red-ruby. Raspberry, plum, licorice and mocha on the nose, plus suggestions of meat, leather and burning tobacco. Supple and smooth on entry, then a bit simple in the middle palate, with a slight mintiness emerging with aeration. This is less filled in than the promising 2006, with less verve and definition. Finishes broad but slightly dry.

Wine Spectator

90 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe3/31/2007

Aromas of blackberry, with hints of tobacco. Full-bodied, with fine tannins, good length and a delicate, fruity aftertaste. Much more refined than I remember from barrel. Caressing. Best after 2007. 5,000 cases made.

Wine Advocate

89-91 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/2006

While it has closed down since last year, the impressively endowed 2004 Troplong Mondot displays a saturated blue/purple color along with hints of smoke, chocolate, espresso roast, plums, and black cherries. This extracted, powerful, tannic effort will need 5-6 years of bottle age, and should last until 2025.

Wine Advocate

92-94 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe5/2/2005

Another terrific effort from charming proprietress Christine Valette, the dense blue/purple-hued 2004 Troplong Mondot displays a striking nose of acacia flowers intermixed with crushed rocks, black currants, cherries, blueberries, and raspberries. This layered, structured, backward, but enormously well-endowed 2004 is a marvelous demonstration of how to produce an elegant as well as substantially flavored wine. It will need 2-3 years of cellaring, and should keep until 2020.

TAST

16 / 20

by Bettane & Desseauvethe4/28/2005

Grand nez classique de cuir avec des notes d'épices et de fleurs, raison parfaitement mûr ayant contribué à l'harmonie du tannin, ferme mais sans agressivité, du style même si la vinosité n'est pas aussi marquée que chez quelques voisins.

Wine Spectator

89-91 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe3/30/2005

Floral, with aromas of blackberry , plum and toasted oak. Full-bodied and chewy, with slightly extracted tannins thas should come around in the bottle. A chunky wine. 10,000 cases made.