Château Troplong Mondot, (Magnum) 2022 vs JCP Maltus, Château Pontet Labrie, (Magnum) 2017
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Château Troplong Mondot, (Magnum) 2022 currently starts £3.90 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £275.50 | £279.40 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Château Troplong Mondot | JCP Maltus |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc | Merlot, Cabernet Franc |
| Size | 1500ml | 1500ml |
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Château Troplong Mondot, (Magnum) 2022
Since 2017, Château Troplong Mondot has been under new ownership (SCOR) and management by Aymeric de Gironde, who has significantly refined its viticulture and cellar practices. The 2022 vintage marks a fine moment in Troplong Mondot’s more modern era: under the renewed leadership, the wine expresses both power and restraint. The limestone-rich, elevated terroir gives freshness and a chalky backbone, while the winemaking choices (lower new oak, careful selection) allow the purity of fruit to shine. A wine that feels deeply rooted in its place, but crafted with a contemporary sensibility. The estate sits atop Mondot Hill, the highest point in Saint-Émilion, reaching about 110 meters. Its vineyards span roughly 43 hectares, planted on a complex terroir of limestone, clay, and flint soils, which contributes to the wine’s signature minerality.
JCP Maltus, Château Pontet Labrie, (Magnum) 2017
Pontet Labrie is a single vineyard Grand Cru Saint-Émilion, owned by one of the original Bordeaux ‘garagistes’, 100-point winemaker Jonathan Maltus OBE. Jonathan has evolved his winemaking philosophy pioneering a Burgundian approach, unusual in Bordeaux, focussing on small production, single site cuvées (rather than blending his various blocks, like everyone else). In 2014 he approached us as he owned a single 1ha of vines on a prime site of the prestigious plateau of Saint-Émilion, with vines pre-dating the frost of 1957, which he believed had the potential to be the Merlot-based equivalent to his famous Le Dôme. The six vintages produced have attracted excellent 94/96+ point reviews and, given the exceptionally limited production, are immediately collector’s items, even featuring in the Robb Report’s “Hard To Get” feature on the world’s most elusive bottles. Pontet Labrie has been produced across the greatest six vintage run in Bordeaux’ history – 2015-2020, every year a winner and showing the individual character one would expect from a single vineyard wine. In August 2022 Prince Robert of Luxembourg’s Domaine Clarence Dillon (owner of First Growth Haut Brion and La Mission Haut Brion) bought the other 14ha of the vineyard from the owner, convinced of the quality of the terroir. This only helps to enhance the allure of Pontet Labrie. The vineyard produces a maximum 300 cases of this exceptional Merlot/Cabernet Franc and allocations are available exclusively through Honest Grapes.
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