Troplong Mondot 1989 (1.5L)

97 WA / 96 RP / 94 JA

Deep garnet core with deep brick rim. The nose is very intense, with black cherry, espresso, cepes and even a hint of ginger. The palate is full-bodied, decadent, well-balanced with a little more poise and focus than the Troplong 1990. Black cherry, truffle, iodine, cassis: very complex, very decadent. It has a touch more verve and sophistication than the 1990 and remains the greatest Troplong Mondot that I have tasted. Drink 2015-2030+. - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate

The 1989 Troplong-Mondot is an extraordinary wine. It is slightly less evolved than the 1990, with more muscle and tannin, but equally rich and compelling. The color is an opaque dark ruby/purple, and the wine offers up aromas of licorice, prunes, black cherries, and sweet cassis fruit intermingled with high quality toasty new oak and smoke. This is a full-bodied, rich, layered, concentrated wine that should evolve more slowly than the 1990. It is a spectacular achievement in this vintage! - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

A hot vintage, and the spices here are a little more exotic than the 1988, clear turmeric and cumin on the first nose. Still full of intensity, a brilliant wine with impact and power, and one that would start conversations around a dinner table. A touch of earthy brett as it opens, but it is part of a myriad of flavours, textures, aromatics - far more evident on the nose than in the mouth, coming across as black truffle, earth and undergrowth. Thoroughly enjoyable. Claude Valette owner, with his daughter Christine manager and Jean-Pierre Taleyson cellar master. Michel Rolland consultant. This was also the year that a sorting table to installed in the cellar for the first time during harvest, with 50% new oak used for ageing. June 2022. - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux