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96 Points - Vinous
The 2014 Troplong Mondot is super-impressive. Dark cherry, plum, smoke, chocolate and dark spice notes meld together in this stunningly beautiful, opulent Saint-Émilion. Large-scale, ample and flamboyant in style, the 2014 will need time to come together fully, but it is striking even today.
96 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
The 2014 Troplong Mondot is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage, and this beauty has more intensity, richness, and vitality than just about every other wine in 2014. A blend of 90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc brought up in 85% new French oak; it sports a deep purple/plum colour as well as an array of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, toasty oak, graphite, espresso, and earth. With full-bodied richness, beautiful purity of fruit, and a rich, yet weightless texture, it's a big yet classy, elegant, and seamless wine from Xavier Pariente that readers should snatch up. It's already drinking well but has 20-25 years of prime drinking.
95 Points - James Suckling
The dark, savoury, earthy and plum aromas plus the serious tannins here give this wine a lot of character, but it needs a couple of years to open up. The finish packs a big tannic punch for the long term. Try in 2024.
94 Points - Wine Spectator
It is solidly built, with some heft to the core of raspberry, blackberry and boysenberry confiture flavours. Delivers ample cut and drive thanks to the racy graphite beam. Hints of ganache and Turkish coffee add a bass line without removing the definition of purity.
94 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Troplong-Mondot performed to my expectation now that the wine is in the bottle. It has a refined bouquet with black cherries, raspberry preserve and mineral scents that gain intensity in the glass but never get carried away. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, tensile in the mouth, but surprisingly linear and conservative, at least in the first half. It is fresh and precise, then delivers the weight and concentration as it fans out on the finish, a residue of white pepper tingling on the aftertaste. This is a delicious Troplong Mondot that should age with style and grace.
94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
This wine is rich and concentrated, with great weight and personality—every element seems larger than life. The ripe plum flavours are forward and juicy. The finish has a subtle warmth of alcohol.