wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12263
 | | 04/25/2004 6:21 PM |
| 1998 Château Troplong-Mondot St.-Emilion (93 WIML) (A-)
Tasted this wine at an offline with the DAWGS. Brief notes only.
This wine speaks St. Emilion. When I was swirling it around in the glass I thought the wine’s profile was exactly the same as the 1995 Chateau Corbin-Michotte, only on steroids. Very nice aromas of tobacco, berries and a little bit of briar patch. Good mouthfeel. Flavors of red berries, cherries and just a little spiciness. A very youthful wine that won’t really start showing its’ stuff for at least another five years. If I found this on sale at retail I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up half a case. An excellent Bordeaux value. | |
Joe
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Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11876
| | 04/25/2004 6:44 PM |
| | Joe... What was the cost of this bottle? | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 04/25/2004 7:23 PM |
| | looks to be between $60 and $80. | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12263
| | 04/25/2004 7:47 PM |
| | I didn't bring it. vintage brought it. However, IIRC, I believe the release was somewhere close to $50.00 a 750ml. | |
Joe
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Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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Carl
Grape Fermenter
Posts:462
| | 04/25/2004 7:47 PM |
| | I had the 1994 recently and thought it was closed. Are 1998s really ready so soon? I would have expected 10+ years before really showing. Granted the '94s are less accessible anyway... | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12263
| | 04/25/2004 7:52 PM |
| Quote:
Are 1998s really ready so soon? I would have expected 10+ years before really showing.
Well, I did say "A very youthful wine that won’t really start showing its’ stuff for at least another five years." | |
Joe
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Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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Carl
Grape Fermenter
Posts:462
| | 04/26/2004 6:58 AM |
| | Thanks. I was just trying to understand whether the 1998s are in a more open style that doesn't take so much time for the tannins to resolve. | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10796
| | 11/26/2006 10:04 PM |
| 1998 Château Troplong Mondot - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (11/24/2006)
A good wine that is moving towards secondary flavors but not there yet. This wine had blackberry, coffee and river stone aromas and flavors along with a touch of licorice and florals on the finish. Drinking well now but has room to improve. (90 pts.) | | | |
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Stefania Wine
San Jose, CA
Grape Puncher
Posts:725
| | 12/15/2006 5:26 PM |
| I had this last week, dinner at Arcadia in San Jose.
92 points. Plum and smoke on the nose with some vanilla/oak notes. A nice hint of raspberry red fruit and very silky long finish. I have 4 more bottles, I suspect 2008 will be a good year to try another. | |
Paul Romero - Owner/Winemaker Stefania Wine
www.stefaniawine.com | |
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