Château Mouton Rothschild

Le Petit Mouton, Pauillac, 2022

Name: Le Petit Mouton, Pauillac
Brand: Château Mouton Rothschild
Price: 669.17 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

92-94/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

93/100

The Wine Independent

92/100

Vinous

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2022
3x75cl
DP
£669.17
2022
6x75cl
DP
£1,339.13
2022
6x75cl
DP
£1,339.13

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Produced from 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Petit Mouton, whilst not as profound or elegant as the grand vin, shares many of the same characteristics. Dark and shimmering fruit with graceful contours, hints of spice, humidor, black fruit pastels and liquorice. Vibrant, rich, but not heavy, the core of black cherry, vanilla and Asian spices is very alluring. One feels there's still a lot in reserve. Finishes with well-judged tannins laced with graphite and mocha notes. A very smart Petit Mouton.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

93/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

This is 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, the élevage in 60% new oak, with a medium toast for most barrels, and 40% used oak barrels. A glorious nose, delicately mineral blackcurrant fruits swirled with notes of cigar box, toasted sesame seed and tobacco, perhaps pyrazine influenced, feeling very typical of the Mouton style, perhaps reminiscent of the Mouton-Rothschild of old. There follows a remarkably restrained character on the palate, with a modest texture at the start, with dark and sinewy fruits emerging through the middle, with layers of dried blackcurrant, olive, toast and currant, with a powdery and finely integrated core of tannins which add a real energy, and balanced acidity. Long and simmering with integrated and tight-knit tannins, this is a really delightful Petit Mouton which will drink well ten years from now. The alcohol is 13.89% on analysis, with 14% on the label.

drinking window 2027 - 2049

date of review 06/2025

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Beautiful texture that is evident immediately from the nose, this is succulent, intense but precise, creamy damson, violet and tender tannins, showcasing the expansion and opulence of Petit Mouton, 3,83ph. Harvest September 1 to 26, 27% of overall production in this wine.

drinking window 2027 - 2034

date of review 03/2025

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Le Petit Mouton is a touch more backward than when I tasted it from barrel, but it offers wonderful purity with blackberry, cedar and light crushed stone aromas that blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with graphite-tinged black fruit on the entry, showing impressive depth on the mid-palate. It is slightly plump and rounded in texture, with black plum and allspice notes towards the sustained finish. This is excellent.

drinking window 2028 - 2054

date of review 02/2025

92-94/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Representing some 29% of the estate's production this year, the 2022 Le Petit Mouton shares much of the character of the grand vin, offering up a rich bouquet of cassis, dark berries, espresso roast and cigar wrapper, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered palate that's fleshy and concentrated, with powdery tannins and an expansive finish.

date of review 04/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pauillac

Producer:

Château Mouton Rothschild

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.