Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2003 JULY42024 18-hectare plot in Savigny-lès-Beaune

18-hectare plot in Savigny-lès-Beaune

Roberto Ceraudo was farming organically back in 1990—decades before anyone thought of Calabria as fine-wine country

It's textbook Highland Scotch with aromas of tangerine

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Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2003 JULY42024 18-hectare plot in Savigny-lès-BeauneTroplong 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