Tasted April 2022. Elegant with a slight creaminess on the nose along with intense bramble and blackcurrant fruit. This is a bold, unctuous wine, broad and creamy on the palate with mineral and spice complexity, and some more floral freshness so characteristic of the vintage. This has a lot of heft and power now, but you can tell it has the structure and concentration to age beautifully. 13%.
The 2021 Mouton Rothschild is a terrific wine in the making, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries and wild berries mingled with notions of violets, espresso roast, pipe tobacco and mint. Medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, it's a layered, enveloping wine that's ample and concentrated, with succulent acids, melting tannins and a long, resonant finish. A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc that attained 13.1% alcohol, this is a demonstrative, sensual Mouton that's the fruit of extreme selection, and that may well make my score seem conservative with further élevage. Bravo to the talented Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy and his team.
Critic score 95.5/100
Maturity Young 2029 - 2052
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Maturity Ready 2012 - 2033
Maturity Mature 2012 - 2020
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