Château Troplong Mondot
Mondot
2021
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The second wine of Château Troplong Mondot, offering a vibrant, Merlot-led expression of Saint-Émilion limestone with pure fruit, freshness and immediate aromatic appeal.
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France
Region
Bordeaux - Saint-Emilion
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Château Troplong Mondot is a Premier Grand Cru Classé estate in Saint-Émilion, elevated to this prestigious classification in 2006. Situated on the highest point of the appellation's limestone plateau, the property has been under the ownership of the Scor group since 2017, following decades of investment and quality-focused viticulture. The Grand Vin is recognised for its seamless integration of power and elegance, built on perfectly ripened Merlot and extended ageing in French oak.
Quick Facts
- Location: Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, France
- Classification: Premier Grand Cru Classé (Saint-Émilion Classification 2006)
- Ownership: Scor group, since 2017
- Estate size: 33 hectares of vineyards
- Elevation: The highest point of the Saint-Émilion plateau
- Principal grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
- Soils: Limestone plateau with clay
- Grand Vin: Château Troplong Mondot
- Second wine: Mondot
- Style: Ripe, structured and refined Right Bank Bordeaux
- Ageing potential: 20 to 30 years and beyond
The Summit of Saint-Émilion
Troplong Mondot's vineyards occupy the elevated crown of the Saint-Émilion plateau, a position that defines both the estate's identity and the character of its wines. At approximately 110 metres above sea level, the site benefits from exceptional sun exposure, natural drainage and cooling air circulation that moderate ripening and preserve freshness.
The limestone bedrock beneath the vines provides ideal conditions for deep root penetration, encouraging slow, steady ripening and contributing mineral structure to the finished wine. This combination of altitude, aspect and geology creates a terroir particularly suited to Merlot, which forms the foundation of Troplong Mondot's Grand Vin.
Merlot-Led Expression
Merlot typically represents around 90 per cent of the Grand Vin, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc providing structure and aromatic complexity. The estate's plateau terroir allows the Merlot to ripen fully while retaining elegance and balance, yielding wines characterised by concentrated dark fruit, fine-grained tannins and a silky texture.
Vinification is conducted with precision, employing temperature-controlled fermentation and extended maceration to extract colour, flavour and structure without harshness. The wine is aged in French oak barrels, with a high proportion of new wood used to develop aromatic depth and integrate the tannins over 18 to 24 months.
The result is a Grand Vin that combines richness with refinement, expressing the ripe generosity of Merlot while maintaining the tension and complexity associated with limestone terroir.
Built for Time
Château Troplong Mondot is crafted with extended cellaring in mind. In its youth, the wine often displays firm structure and concentrated fruit, but with time it develops layered complexity, aromatic nuance and a seamless integration of oak, tannin and acidity.
Vintages from well-regarded years have demonstrated the ability to evolve gracefully for three decades or more, revealing tertiary notes of leather, tobacco, truffle and dried fruit alongside the wine's underlying minerality. This ageing potential has established Troplong Mondot as a benchmark for collector-focused Saint-Émilion and one of the Right Bank's most consistent performers.
Country
Region
Bordeaux - Saint-Emilion
Saint-Émilion is one of the most respected wine appellations in Bordeaux and has long been recognised for producing refined, age-worthy wines of exceptional quality. Located on the Right Bank of the Dordogne River, this historic appellation combines centuries of winemaking tradition with distinctive terroir, creating elegant Merlot-dominant wines that are celebrated by collectors and enthusiasts worldwide. Established as an AOC in 1936, Saint-Émilion represents the finest expression of Right Bank winemaking.
The appellation benefits from diverse soils that define its wines. The plateau and côtes feature limestone and clay-limestone terroirs that produce structured, mineral-driven wines with remarkable ageing potential, while the lower slopes contain sandy and gravelly soils that yield softer, more approachable expressions. Merlot dominates the blend, typically complemented by Cabernet Franc and occasionally Cabernet Sauvignon, creating wines of elegance, depth and finesse.
Saint-Émilion is home to its own classification system, revised approximately every decade, which recognises Premiers Grands Crus Classés A estates such as Château Ausone and Château Cheval Blanc, alongside distinguished Premiers Grands Crus Classés B and Grands Crus Classés properties. Notable producers including Château Pavie, Château Figeac and Château Canon demonstrate the appellation's benchmark for quality and terroir expression.
Whether exploring classified estates, exceptional vintages or the appellation's rich medieval heritage, Saint-Émilion offers a distinguished introduction to Right Bank Bordeaux. Discover Saint-Émilion wines, compare prices from trusted merchants across Europe and find the best offers with Sipfind.
Grapes
Merlot is one of the world’s most important red wine grapes, celebrated for its generous fruit, supple texture and ability to produce wines ranging from approachable and elegant to exceptionally complex and long-lived. Originating in Bordeaux, France, Merlot is particularly associated with the Right Bank, where it forms the foundation of many of the prestigious wines of Pomerol and Saint-Émilion.
Merlot typically expresses flavours and aromas of plum, black cherry, blackberry and red fruits, often developing notes of chocolate, tobacco, cedar, herbs and earthy complexity with maturation. Its naturally rounded texture and generally softer tannin profile distinguish it from Cabernet Sauvignon, although the finest examples can possess considerable structure, freshness and ageing potential.
In Pomerol, Merlot reaches some of its most celebrated expressions, particularly on the appellation’s clay-rich soils, producing wines of remarkable concentration, texture and complexity. In Saint-Émilion, it is commonly blended with Cabernet Franc and, to a lesser extent, Cabernet Sauvignon, creating wines that combine ripe fruit with structure, aromatic complexity and longevity.
Beyond Bordeaux, Merlot is widely cultivated in Italy, California, Washington State, Chile and other major wine regions. It can be produced as a varietal wine or used as a central component of blends, where its fruit and texture complement more structured grape varieties.
From the great Merlot-based wines of Bordeaux’s Right Bank to leading expressions around the world, Merlot’s combination of rich fruit, refined texture and capacity to express terroir has established it as one of the defining varieties of fine red wine.
History and Style
Mondot
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The second wine of Château Troplong Mondot, offering a vibrant, Merlot-led expression of Saint-Émilion limestone with pure fruit, freshness and immediate aromatic appeal.
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Mondot
Mondot offers a different perspective on the celebrated terroir of Château Troplong Mondot in Saint-Émilion. Produced predominantly from Merlot grown on selected parcels of younger vines, it is conceived around purity of fruit, freshness and a crisp, energetic character.
Rather than attempting to reproduce the structure and depth of the estate's Premier Grand Cru Classé, Mondot has its own purpose: an accessible and expressive interpretation of Troplong Mondot's limestone terroir, designed to show its youthful fruit while retaining the precision and sense of place that define the estate.
Quick Facts
- Producer: Château Troplong Mondot
- Wine: Mondot
- Category: Dry red Bordeaux
- Appellation: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
- Estate position: Second wine
- Principal grape: Merlot
History and Identity
Mondot is the second wine of Château Troplong Mondot, providing an alternative expression of one of Saint-Émilion's historic estates. The château itself sits at the highest point of the Saint-Émilion appellation, with a 37-hectare vineyard extending around its distinctive hill.
The estate deliberately gives Mondot an identity separate from the Grand Vin. Château Troplong Mondot describes the wine as “another side” of the property, focusing on fruit purity, freshness and tension rather than attempting to replicate the greater concentration and structure of Troplong Mondot.
This makes Mondot more than simply a declassified version of the Grand Vin. Its vineyard selection and winemaking are deliberately shaped towards a brighter and more approachable expression of the estate.
Vineyards and Terroir
Mondot comes from specific blocks of younger vines on predominantly limestone soils within the Troplong Mondot estate.
This is significant because Troplong Mondot itself possesses an unusually complex geological profile. The estate occupies a hill rising from approximately 60 to 110 metres, with clay associated with Agenais Molasses lying over the asteria limestone characteristic of Saint-Émilion.
The Grand Vin draws upon the broader complexity of this terroir, including its powerful clay component. Mondot deliberately emphasises another side of the property.
For Mondot, the estate specifies:
100% limestone terroir
and
more than 90% Merlot.
The distinction is important for Sipfind: >90% Merlot describes the wine's established composition rather than the overall vineyard planting at Château Troplong Mondot.
Production and Maturation
The philosophy behind Mondot is centred on preserving freshness, fruit purity and aromatic expression.
Troplong Mondot's modern winery was completely renovated in 2021 and allows individual vineyard parcels to be handled with considerable precision. Temperature control, gentle extraction and careful management of fermentation are central to the estate's broader approach to retaining fresh fruit and the character of each parcel.
For Mondot, one particularly important distinction is explicit:
0% new oak.
This separates its maturation philosophy from the Grand Vin and supports Mondot's fruit-driven, fresh style rather than imposing a pronounced new-oak signature.
Vintage-specific details concerning harvest dates, final blend, alcohol and maturation period should nevertheless remain on the corresponding Sipfind vintage pages.
Style and Tasting Profile
Mondot is characterised by fruit purity, freshness and tension.
Merlot provides the wine's generous fruit and supple texture, while its limestone-dominated origin contributes the freshness and energy that Château Troplong Mondot considers fundamental to the wine's identity.
The estate deliberately describes Mondot as bright and uncomplicated – a wine intended to express itself readily rather than requiring the same degree of patience as the Grand Vin. At the same time, it retains sufficient structure to develop over several years.
Its general stylistic identity can therefore be summarised as:
Merlot-driven fruit → aromatic clarity → freshness → limestone tension → supple texture.
Specific fruit aromas and tasting descriptors should remain vintage-specific rather than being transferred from an individual vintage to this master product page.
Mondot and Troplong Mondot
The relationship between the two wines is especially useful for Sipfind's entity structure.
Troplong Mondot is the estate's Premier Grand Cru Classé Grand Vin, built to express the full complexity, intensity and depth of the estate's terroir.
Mondot is the second wine, selected predominantly from younger vines and limestone soils and designed around fruit purity, freshness and accessibility.
Both express Château Troplong Mondot, but from deliberately different perspectives.
Sustainability and Packaging
Mondot has also become a testing ground for Château Troplong Mondot's approach to reducing packaging-related environmental impact.
The estate uses recycled fibres for labels and cardboard packaging, lighter-weight glass bottles and no metal capsule for Mondot. According to Château Troplong Mondot, these measures save more than four tonnes of CO₂ annually.
This gives the wine a distinctive role within the estate beyond its position as the second wine.
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