Château Troplong Mondot St Emilion Grand Cru Mondot 2022

This is excellent. No question that it has changed from the early days of this wine, closer to the main Troplong character but that fingerprint of limestone is still very much here, with chalky tannins, coupled with ripe berry fruits, crayon, crushed rocks and a ton of damson and smoked vanilla bean. Remi Monribot cellar master, Aymeric de Gironde director. Cold soak systematically down to 2-3C for one week at least to really focus on the aromatics (after debourbage), First year with a slice of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend, 35% in vat and 65% one year old barrel (from 2023 they have added large oak casks).No fining, low filtration.