Troplong Mondot has a magnificent, and unique, terroir. It sits at the top of the hill with un-eroded ancient clays, gently sloping to varied soil types and a range of altitudes that allow fruit to ripen at different times and in different ways. In the right hands it offers the opportunity to make truly great Bordeaux.

Over the last quarter of a century Troplong Mondot produced one of the more divisive wines in Bordeaux. Until recently the full-blooded, ripe, inky, high-alcohol and fully-extracted style drew three-digit scores from many critics and scorn from others. There has, however, been a seismic change since 2017, when Aymeric de Gironde was brought in to manage the estate. The results are already impressive, with changes in all aspects promising even more to come.

William Kelley - writing on the 2019 - asks "Has any Bordeaux château realized a more wholesale stylistic revolution in so short a time than Troplong Mondot?" On the 2020 – “With the 2020 vintage, this estate's stylistic redemption appears to be complete.” And on the 2022 – “A wine that transcended both my lofty expectations and anything produced at this address in the last 50 years, the 2022 Troplong Mondot realizes all the potential of this striking terroir.”