Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2003 JULY42024 Alfonso Arpino was the local

Alfonso Arpino was the local pediatrician in Tramonti

thode ancestrale

issued in 1919

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

and the 2021 vintage proved outstanding for white Burgundy

Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2003 JULY42024 Alfonso Arpino was the localTroplong 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