Le Petit Mouton, Pauillac, 2023

Name: Le Petit Mouton, Pauillac
Brand: Château Mouton Rothschild
Price: 822 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2006 2007 2010 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy, the supremely talented Technical Director responsible for Baron Philippe de Rothschild's three Bordeaux chateaux has crafted an exquisite range of wines, which marry generous, textural fruit with gloriously precise aromatics and velvety tannins. Brooding dark bouquet with liquorice and graphite - quite savoury and stony. Notes of mocha, earth and some violet scented dark berries. Quite a serious and noir Petit Mouton. 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

critic reviews

94/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Slate and grip, clear again here that this is not the most exuberant of vintages, it's classical with a serious backbone. That doesn't mean that Petit Mouton isn't out to make you happy, and you can expect plenty of black chocolate, damson, black cherry, signature cocoa bean, espresso and salted cracker, but the tannins are pretty fierce. Harvest September 7 to 30 (but 2/3 of grapes coming in after September 21), 39% of production.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2040

date of review 05/2024

91-93/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Le Petit-Mouton is aged in 50% new oak. It has an intense nose, mainly black fruit commingling with briar and light estuarine scents. Perhaps the aromatics feel a bit "secretive" at present. The palate is medium-bodied with a concentrated entry. This is a voluminous and powerful Pauillac for the vintage, driven by that 79% Cabernet Sauvignon. There’s a fine bitter edge on the finish; give this Le Petit Mouton three to five years in bottle.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2045

date of review 04/2024

91-93/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2023 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild is deep garnet-purple in color. It slowly emerges from the glass with powerful scents of cassis, plum preserves, and tar plus underlying nuances of menthol and pencil shavings. The medium-bodied palate is soft and refreshing, with just enough mid-palate fruit and a mineral-laced finish. The blend is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot, with pH 3.74. The alcohol is 13.3%.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2042

date of review 04/2024

91-93/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Aromas of dark berries, cassis and cigar wrapper introduce the 2023 Le Petit Mouton, a medium-bodied, fleshy wine with good depth and density, its lively core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins, concluding with a penetrating finish. It's a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

date of review 04/2024