Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2003 121825OFFER when it made wine to

when it made wine to please royalty at the Court of Versailles

It is a masterful bottle of perfectly young rye

just east of Chablis village

wet granite

aromas of baked apple pie

Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2003 121825OFFER when it made wine toTroplong Mondot sits on Saint milion's limestone plateau and remains a Premier Grand Cru Class B in the (still much debated) classification. The 2003 came at the height of the Christine Valette era, when the estate's signature was ripe, opulent, almost decadent wine, and the heat wave vintage played directly to that style. The limestone gave the wine just enough freshness to balance the heat; everything else dialed up to eleven. More than twenty years