2003 Château Troplong Mondot

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  12/31/2023 - 6831 wrote: 92 Points

  Superbly balanced with deep black fruit, ash, sweet tobacco, smokey chocolate and black pepper notes. Finishes with moderate length and without much complexity but a joy to drink.

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  11/19/2023 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Evolving St. Emilion 2003 Château Troplong Mondot (gift in 2006). Mid-garnet, brick edges, not sharp; herbaceous, red fruit, tobacco, mint and cocoa nose; mid acids; mid tannins; good depth of fruit; semi-long red fruit and berry finish; opens with air. w/short ribs. 17 UC Davis scale, 92 other scales.

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  5/7/2023 - Cailles wrote: 89 Points

  Bordeaux 2003 – 20 Years On – 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind, not decanted (some wines would have needed it). Observations: 1) 2003 is not a good vintage. The wines don’t have the depth and elegance of good years. But I was positively surprised, that while it’s clearly a hot year, there are less overripe, over-extracted and prematurely dying wines than in 09/10. Still, there is no comparison to how Chateauxs handle hot years today. 2) Compared to five other vintage retrospectives, the 2003 came in last place (lower average score than 2011), with just Chateau Margaux reaching a group score above 95pts. 3) Margaux wines showed best, with the typical immediate charm, while St. Estephe and Pauillac have potential but will need more time (and/or would have needed more air). 4) Right bank wines did not show as good with some alcohol showing and a few wines being on a downhill path. I would not chase 2003 right banks.
  
  TN: Not much precise aromas on the nose. On the palate there is a bit of red fruit, quite ripe, some oaky notes, some herbs, but not overly deep. While the structural frame is intact and comes with a good freshness, the tannins are slightly drying. Others like it more than I do.
  
  Decanting: A short decant should do the job.
  
  Group average: 91.0 pts
  Group rank: Shared 15th out of 29 reds

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  3/20/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: 91 Points

  Grand Bordeaux 2003 horizontal tasting (Fribourg): Bordeaux 2003 vintage horizontal hosted by a private collector and moderated by Jean-Marc Quarin. Main observations: 1/ Average quality is acceptable, but weighted down by various low-lights, esp. on the right bank. 2/ In general a tannic vintage, lacking balance. 3/ Top 3 wines were Lafite, Mouton and Margaux (all 95). See the tasting story for a complete overview and additional vintage comments.
  
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  More mature and aged than most in the vintage, but with still pleasant features. Leather, smoke, underwood, ripe raspberry fruit, graphite, mocha. While admittedly improving with time in the glass, this sound better than it was with a chewy palate and drying tannin.

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  11/23/2022 - Cailles wrote: 85 Points

  20 Vintages of Troplong Mondot: This was a trainwreck of a vertical tasting. An average of meager 86.8 pts, only 6 wines with a rating of more than 90pts. Almost all wines pre 2017 and a winemaker/style change have dried out. Too much extraction and heavy oak treatment produced wines that did not age well, have no fruit and charm left. I don’t have group ratings but the sentiment in the room was similar (this was the fastest tasting ever with this group). It was a root day but that can’t explain everything. Also, the provenance or storage of the bottles was no issue (all bought En Primeur, stored perfectly since). Troplong Mondot seems to be a victim of a series of bad choices, mainly the wrong consultant. Luckily, the future looks brighter.
  
  TN: Not much on the nose. On the palate this is rather short and drying. There is a bit more mid palate weight than in others and some fruit is there but it is still not good with alcohol showing and a drying finish.

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