Chateau Troplong Mondot 1er Grand Cru Classe B 2005 in 6er Holzkiste

Lobenberg: Dunkles Rubinrot mit schwarzen Reflexen. Sehr moderne, fruchtige Nase mit viel neuem Holz, Vanille, nicht zu stark getoastet. Viel scharze Frucht, Brombeere und Kirsche. Im Mund zwar ultramodern, vielleicht der modernste Saint Emilion des Jahrgangs, aber eine wunderschöne und perfekte Frucht kann mit dem Holz gut umgehen. Extrem geschliffener und harmonischer Wein mit Rasse, tolle Länge bei mittelfettem Körper. Die Finesse besticht ungemein, ein Wein zum Träumen. Charme und Seide beherschen den Gesamteindruck. Wie schön!

Parker: It was emotional tasting this wine, thinking of the late Christine Valette, who made this compelling wine while battling with considerable courage against an insidious disease. It is a great effort and a superstar of the vintage. Dense purple, it offers notes of white chocolate, blackberry, cassis and licorice as well as a hint of truffle and some subtle background oak. Full-bodied, multi-layered, and spectacularly pure and rich, it is a tour de force, and a great tribute to an incredible woman. Remarkably youthful, this wine probably needs another 4-8 years of bottle age, and should keep for 20 or more years. Kudos to the late Christine Valette! Parker 100/100

Wine Spectator: Exhibits aromas of coffee, ripe fruit, wild mushroom and blackberry. Dark and very complex. Full-bodied and chewy, yet velvety and beautiful, with intense flavors of blackberry, chocolate and tobacco. Very, very long This is layered and gorgeous. Best after 2016. 6,250 cases made. Wine Spectator 96/100