Blend: 90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc

96 Points –Jeb Dunnuck

The 2014 Troplong Mondot is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage, and this beauty has more intensity, richness, and exuberance than just about every other wine in 2014. A blend of 90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc brought up in 85% new French oak, it sports a deep purple/plum colour as well as a smorgasbord of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, toasty oak, graphite, espresso, and earth. With full-bodied richness, beautiful purity of fruit, and a rich, yet weightless texture, its a big, yet classy, elegant, and seamless wine from Xavier Pariente that should be snatched up by readers. Its already drinking well but has 20-25 years of prime drinking to go.