Dark colour. Newly painted basement, lilacs, tealeaves, cigar box and ashes. All in the most attractive sense of the context. Fresh and elegant on the nose. In the mouth, the purity is striking. Beautiful and then some. This is the type of wine that makes me understand my vocabulary is poor. A fantastic level of intensity, perfect balance and tannins like rocket fuel.
My guess: 2012 and my wine of the flight. 30 years wrong... Wow this is isht-good!!!
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My final bottle 3/3. Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red fruits, spices, toast. The wine had past its peak and declining. It probably taste better probably 5 years ago. Its still holding well but struggling. Suggest to drink up and will not improve. Did not decant.
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Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red fruits, vanilla, spices. Medium acidity and medium- tannin. Drank it over 2-3 hours and holding well. Felt its past its peak but its still enjoyable but will not improve anymore. Drink up.
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So beautiful and well alive, this wine just exploded and kept growing through the drinking period. We finished the bottle rather quickly as it was so good and we were all in a soif-mood!
Beauitful plum, dark chocolate, forrest floor, dusty attic and some mushroom notes, even some light dark berries come to mind. Great bottle.
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Pnp. Drank over 3 hours. Initially greeted with red fruits on the nose; notes of mushrooms and sous bois began to dominate after the first hour. Acidity and tannins still kicking at the ripe age of 36, but overwhelms any remaining character of the fruit that is left, if any. Lack of concentration and length. Agree with previous notes that this is past its peak.
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Unfortunately slightly cork tainted which gave it a rootish herbal vegetal note. If not there were quite ripe juicy currants and plum juice tracing off in the background.
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Oak, rosehip, raspberry, cold tea, depth and warmth, hint of chocolate, slightly dusty tannins, quite tannic, is getting a bit lighter but still a rich, powerful wine.
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11/17/2023 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 97 Points
Troplong Mondot: 1959-2012 (Stockholm, Sweden): Semi-blind (knew which 17 vintages that were being served).
Dark colour.
Newly painted basement, lilacs, tealeaves, cigar box and ashes. All in the most attractive sense of the context. Fresh and elegant on the nose.
In the mouth, the purity is striking. Beautiful and then some. This is the type of wine that makes me understand my vocabulary is poor. A fantastic level of intensity, perfect balance and tannins like rocket fuel.
My guess: 2012 and my wine of the flight.
30 years wrong... Wow this is isht-good!!!
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2/27/2021 - Sean Tay wrote: 91 Points
My final bottle 3/3. Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red fruits, spices, toast. The wine had past its peak and declining. It probably taste better probably 5 years ago. Its still holding well but struggling. Suggest to drink up and will not improve. Did not decant.
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2/7/2021 - Sean Tay wrote: 91 Points
Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red fruits, vanilla, spices. Medium acidity and medium- tannin. Drank it over 2-3 hours and holding well. Felt its past its peak but its still enjoyable but will not improve anymore. Drink up.
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8/12/2020 - Sean Tay wrote:
Red fruits, green, vanilla, medium nose. Medium acidity and medium- tannin. Past its peak but still drinking ok.
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6/17/2019 - Yassine23 Likes this wine:
From enomatic. Light garnet Very lively. There's still a good chunk of tannins. Meaty, spicy, leather, mushroom, tomato savouriness. Long finish
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3/23/2019 - Fred_Bo Likes this wine: 95 Points
From Magnum, high fill..
So beautiful and well alive, this wine just exploded and kept growing through the drinking period. We finished the bottle rather quickly as it was so good and we were all in a soif-mood!
Beauitful plum, dark chocolate, forrest floor, dusty attic and some mushroom notes, even some light dark berries come to mind. Great bottle.
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7/23/2018 - libationer wrote: 85 Points
Pnp. Drank over 3 hours. Initially greeted with red fruits on the nose; notes of mushrooms and sous bois began to dominate after the first hour. Acidity and tannins still kicking at the ripe age of 36, but overwhelms any remaining character of the fruit that is left, if any. Lack of concentration and length. Agree with previous notes that this is past its peak.
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4/11/2018 - ve23 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blind tasting on April 11, 2018 (Tornano, Moscow): 93/100
My first blind guess was Saint-Julien and a younger one. Second thought was St.-Èmilion, but I opted for my original one. Wrong.
With a yellow rim. Dusty, with mushrooms, earth, limestone, still surprisingly fresh.
I wish it weren’t twelfth wine in the set, that way I would’ve probably loved it more.
Blind set at Tornano / 11 April 2018
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8/4/2015 - BouzyRouge Likes this wine: 91 Points
Earthy and savory notes all the way through. Bay leaf, olive, leather, tobacco. Not too flashy or powerful but refined and cohesive.
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6/5/2015 - Alex H wrote: flawed
Unfortunately slightly cork tainted which gave it a rootish herbal vegetal note. If not there were quite ripe juicy currants and plum juice tracing off in the background.
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10/20/2014 - danielk168 wrote: 88 Points
way past the peak, pleasant old wine.
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1/1/2010 - 60ouvrees wrote:
Pleasant mature claret that's been mature for years. Drink up.
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8/5/2009 - DAN BAILEY wrote:
Darkest colour so far. However, nose full of band aid/VA. Nice, sweet fruited entry but quickly clipped by the VA. Got worse with air.
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8/5/2009 - keelegl wrote:
This wine was a kind of a mess for me. Really acidic, dry and lacking fruit. Don’t think it was flawed, just past its prime. NR.
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11/7/2005 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Oak, rosehip, raspberry, cold tea, depth and warmth, hint of chocolate, slightly dusty tannins, quite tannic, is getting a bit lighter but still a rich, powerful wine.
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3/14/2005 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Tasted sinlge blind... A little hot. Faded fruit. One dimensional.
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