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Friday, January 9, 2015 - The 1959 Troplong Mondot is still very youthful, with a saturated ruby-black hue, and there is no hurry to drink it up. The nose is a blend of quite plummy, figgy black fruit with some top notes of chocolate and herbs. On the palate, the wine is rather rustic, with massive volume but some rather coarse tannin: as if made from fruit of widely varying maturity, some over-ripe, some under-ripe. The overall impression is rather rustic, and the '59 probably ranks somewhat behind the '61 and '64 at this address, although I begin to think the estate is simply not a very interesting terroir to begin with.

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