{"product_id":"chateau-troplong-mondot-st-emilion-2018-750ml","title":"Chateau Troplong Mondot St-Emilion 2018 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 54, 136);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig, bold, and beautifully structured. Packed with dark fruit, truffle, and earthy minerality, this wine is intense but super polished. Full-bodied with silky tannins and great freshness, it’s both powerful and refined. A blend led by Merlot with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, this one’s built to age—try after 2024 for the full experience.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Suckling \u003cspan class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57);\"\u003eJS 98\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Jan 26, 2021\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a very linear red and layered at the same time, showing blackberry, blueberry, black-truffle, bark and stone character. Chalk and minerality, too. It’s full-bodied and well framed with gorgeous intensity and freshness. Muscular with wonderful structure and brightness. Salty and savory notes on the finish. Try after 2024.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eThe Wine Advocate | \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(151, 7, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRP 96\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Mar 31, 2021\u003cbr\u003eDrink: 2025-2050\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2018 Troplong Mondot is blended of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, with 15% alcohol. Deep garnet-purple colored, with considerable coaxing and swirling it slowly emerges from the glass like a waking giant, building to a towering bouquet of preserved plums, blueberry pie and Morello cherries with gentler wafts of violets, star anise, fruitcake and cast-iron pan. The concentrated, full-bodied palate possesses impressive purity and brightness of fruit commingled with richer, riper elements and supported by firm, velvety tannins, finishing with lovely freshness and on a lingering ferrous note. It's a wine that's not just delicious, it's seriously interesting too. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecanter | \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eD 95\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Style shift in St=Emilion\u003cbr\u003eDrink: 2025-2040\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a dense and profound wine, but it’s a little shy aromatically at present. The palate is juicy and well constituted with attractive volume, beautiful texture, silky tannins and an unreserved but unaggressive power behind. The finish is firm and persistent. Despite the alcohol, everything is balanced and contained. Aged in 60% new oak barrels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTroplong-mondot.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo as to understand Troplong Mondot one needs to leave behind categories and descriptions.\u003cbr\u003eTroplong Mondot cannot be explained: It needs to be lived.\u003cbr\u003eAppreciating an atmosphere or a setting and nourishing oneself from it, both literally and metaphorically, means finding one’s place in a world that one takes with oneself. A world like no other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSettled upon its hilltop, the Château discretely dominates an unusual ‘terroir’, quite unlike any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the one side, soft wave-like sweeping hills. On the other, the valley and the village of Saint-Emilion, stretching out under our feet.  And all around, vines, bushes, hedges, lanes and low stone walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTROPLONG MONDOT IS LIKE A WORLD OF ITS OWN.\u003cbr\u003eAll of these elements make a world of Troplong Mondot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA UNIQUE UNIVERSE, A TRUE GIFT OF NATURE.\u003cbr\u003eThe preservation of this biodiversity is both an ancient and a present concern. Taking care of nature is installed in Troplong Mondot’s philosophy, essential for bringing out its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTROPLONG MONDOT’S SPIRIT CAN BE FOUND IN THE WINE.\u003cbr\u003eIn the complexity of its judiciously assembled tiny variations. In the power that tempers the elegance. In the reminder of a shared moment or a touching souvenir. Here, the sensation felt when tasting gives feeling of fulfilment. The impression that one has always belonged here, that one recognises it and has found one’s place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41374200365120,"sku":"RDFR20182854","price":169.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/7728\/6464\/files\/chateau-troplong-mondot-saint-emilion-750ml.jpg?v=1776742930","url":"https:\/\/www.1855thebottleshop.com\/products\/chateau-troplong-mondot-st-emilion-2018-750ml","provider":"1855 The Bottle Shop Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}