1992 Château Troplong Mondot

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  3/16/2022 - JulianSkeels Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Exceeded expectations! Full bodied. Touch tannic (esp wood) and strict but great creaminess. Shuts down hard on pouring - needs 2hrs decanting. Reminds me of a cross between 86 and 88 in style - tannic and dry but decent ripeness. A bit four-square but very classic. After extended air a lovely mint finish provides much needed refreshment. With a Sunday roast this would be perfect but note the aromatics are very muted so this is very much a quaffer

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  2/3/2022 - gcarl wrote: 93 Points

  Same impressions as on 4/13/18. A MEMORABLE wine!

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  9/1/2021 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  12,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Luminous, somewhat evolved black cherry color with a subtle reddish-hickory hue. Juicy, clean and quite fruit-driven nose with aromas of slightly wizened dark plums, some pipe tobacco, a little bit of ripe forest fruits, light woody notes of cigar box, a hint of sweet blueberries and a touch of earth. The wine is dry, somewhat evolved and vibrant on the palate with a medium-to-moderately full body, beautifully silky texture and savory flavors of wizened plums, some meaty notes of umami, light leafy green nuances, a little bit of tobacco, a hint of sweet bilberries and a touch of old wood spice. High in acidity with ample, fine-grained tannins that still pack healthy grip. The finish is long and layered with moderately grippy tannins and savory flavors of wizened plums, some tobacco, light umami notes of savory meatiness, a little bit of woody pencil shavings character, a hint of gravelly minerality and a touch of leafy greenness.
  
  A lovely, vibrant and surprisingly fruity Grand Cru Classé St. Ém that is in remarkably youthful shape, considering how 1992 is always thought of as a lesser vintage. This was just singing at the moment, and even though the wine was drinking wonderfully right now, I wouldn't be surprised if the wine actually continued to improve for at least a handful of years more. Classic 1990's claret that offers everything a fan of old-school Right Bank wine could ask for.Great value at 43€.

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  5/14/2021 - Misterobit Likes this wine:

  Top wine for the money, silky, velvety with bright fruit. The freshness make it even more digest, would love to find an other one at 30.-

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  12/9/2019 - mr_rancho Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Fantastic wine! Heavy tertiary aromas. Lots of earth & mushroom.
  PnP, starts opening up after 30 min in the glass and is ready after 50 min, then the earthy notes give way to a little bit of fruit and a final of coffee and chocolate and some bits of vanilla. All underlined by quite some greenish notes reflecting the weak vintage.
  However, the vine has passed its peak already a while ago, fruit is almost gone, little energy, almost no St Emillion typicity - could be any Region in Bordeaux. Therefore I must say there are many other vines with comparable price but providing even more pleasure.

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