chateau mouton rothschild 1er cru classe pauillac

Château Mouton Rothschild

Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2023

Name: Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Mouton Rothschild
Price: 2034 GBP

98-100/100

Inside Bordeaux

95-97/100

The Wine Independent

96-98/100

Vinous

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2023
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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. Produced from a whopping 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, only the 2010 has a higher percentage in recent times and 7% Merlot, the 2023 Mouton Rothschild is a contender for wine of the vintage. Opening with a glorious bouquet of incense, Asian spices, forest floor, wood spice and ripe blackcurrant, this is perhaps a little more restrained than usual, but one senses there's so much more to come. There’s a reserve here but it’s clearly full of material and intensity. Dark and rippling with salty minerals, big, vertical, powerful and long, with this haunting impression on the finish. Very complete, very long, very composed. Clearly this is a grand scale Mouton with layers of hidden material. A tremendous wine of precision, power and an imperious structure.

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Critic Reviews

98-100/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

High Cabernet, and the grape is dominant not just in blend but character, totally delicious, with tension, flesh, and confidence, building layers of black fruits, graphite, cocoa bean, espresso, pomegranate and smoked earth throughout the palate. When Cabernet works at Mouton, it is hard to beat, and it's on full display in 2023. One of my clear wines of the vintage. Of any vintage. 100% new oak for ageing. 40% grand vin, harvest September 7 to 30.

drinking window 2033 - 2050

date of review 05/2024

96-98/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2023 Mouton Rothschild was picked from September 7 to 30 and contains 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, the second highest ever (after the 2010). Matured entirely in new oak as usual, this has an intense, floral bouquet with violet petals infusing the black fruit and touches of licorice loitering just off stage—very fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with extremely refined tannins. Focused and harmonious, it’s velvety smooth with a long and tender finish that has more crispness than the 2022. In fact, I might ultimately end up preferring this over the 2022…it will be interesting finding out in the future!

drinking window 2030 - 2070

date of review 04/2024

95-97/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Mouton Rothschild needs considerable swirling to coax out notes of freshly crushed blackcurrants and wild blueberries leading to touches of clove oil, lavender, star anise, and black truffle with a hint of wild sage. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound, with a firm frame of grainy tannins and bold freshness supporting the muscular black fruits, finishing on a lingering ferrous note. The blend is 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Merlot, with pH 3.79, and an alcohol of 13.3%.

drinking window 2029 - 2050

date of review 04/2024

product details

Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pauillac

Producer:

Château Mouton Rothschild

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

12.5%

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