Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
    Château Mouton Rothschild

    Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2001

    95/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2001

      12x75cl

      DP

      £5,654.46

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Dense and full-bodied, possessing slightly muted ripe blackberry aromas. Voluptuous and exotic on the palate, with firm but ripe tannins. Plenty of dark fruit with a touch of cedar. The wine has excellent balance and a refined finish. It will need extended cellaring before showing development, and is one of Mouton’s best efforts in recent years.

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    Critic Reviews

    95/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    The 2001 is an amazing vintage that has inched forwards over the past 20 years, still muscular although always more elegant in its tannic frame than the 2000 vintage before it. I served it out of magnum, and if wines of the year are about emotions, this definitely deserves to be among them. I was given this bottle back in 2011 when I won the Prix Baron Philippe de Rotshchild for my first book Bordeaux Legends, and I have kept it safely at home ever since. Honestly I should probably have waited another decade, as it was still young, but I had something special to celebrate, good friends coming over, and it seemed like the right moment. Definitely needs time in a carafe, but as it opened up, the creamy blackberry and cassis fruits began to show the traditional Mouton welcome, and coffee and woodsmoke curled out of the glass alongside grilled cedar and liqourice root. Patrick Léon technical director at the time.
    drinking window 2021 - 2050
    date of review 11/2021
    94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2001 Mouton-Rothschild contains 20% vin de presse and 12.6° alcohol. It has a vibrant, captivating bouquet that explodes from the glass with precocious black cherries, sous-bois, mint and a touch of Seville oranges, displaying precision and class. The medium-bodied palate shows good density and offers sappy black fruit, white pepper and just a touch of tobacco. Quite muscular for a 2001, and perhaps missing the clarity and pixelation that the next winemaker, Philippe Dhalluin, subsequently imparted. This is a thoroughly enjoyable Mouton-Rothschild, even if it is not the same pedigree as recent vintages.
    drinking window 2021 - 2055
    date of review 09/2021

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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