Château Troplong-Mondot - 1er GC classé B - 2009 - St-Emilion Grand Cru Chapelle d'Ausone soft berry fruit and silky

soft berry fruit and silky tannins — the elegant second wine of Château Lafite Rothschild

cassis & floral notes with refined tannins built to age 30+ years

offering refined dark fruit

Drink it over the next 20+ years

prune and spice notes

Château Troplong-Mondot - 1er GC classé B - 2009 - St-Emilion Grand Cru Chapelle d'Ausone soft berry fruit and silkyRobert Parker's Wine Advocate : Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Troplong Mondot bounds out of the glass with plum preserves, spice cake, mincemeat and potpourri scents plus suggestions of exotic spices, incense and a waft of balsamic. Full bodied, super rich, concentrated and plushly textured, the hedonic fruit possesses loads of spicy layers and a very long and decadent finish. If you love wines you can stand a spoon up in, you're gonna go nuts over