Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2023

€449.00

VAT included

Château Mouton Rothschild 2023 (En Primeur)

Château Mouton Rothschild is located in the commune of Pauillac in the Medoc, 50 kilometres north-west of the city of Bordeaux. The Grand Vin is among the highest rated and most expensive wines in the world and is generally considered to be the most exuberant and powerful of all Bordeaux.

Vinification: Sorting and destemming by hand, the grapes are placed in open baskets to keep the bunches intact. They are then carefully sorted on vibrating tables. Those berries that pass this rigorous test are transferred to movable barrels and move on to the fermentation barrels by the action of gravity. Ageing in 100% new oak.

Tasting notes

Cabernet of great quality, and the grape is dominant not only in the blend but also in character, utterly delicious, with tension, flesh and confidence, building layers of black fruits, graphite, cocoa beans, espresso, pomegranate and smoky earth along the palate. When Cabernet works in Mouton, it's hard to beat, and it's on full display in 2023. Clearly one of my wines of the vintage.

Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon 93%, Merlot 7%

13.3 Vol. Alcohol

Wine Type: Red Wine
Format: 0,75L
Vintage: 2023
Castes: Bordeaux Blend
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Robert Parker: RP96
James Suckling: 99
Jancis Robinson: 18
Jane Anson (inside Bordeaux): 100
Wine Independent: 97

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Pure Cabernet-cassis aroma. Juicy and gourmand on the palate but with a steely tannic frame behind. Good density and still tightly wound. Will need time. (JL)

Aromas of crème de cassis and dark berries mingled with pencil shaving, espresso roast and violets introduce the 2023 Mouton Rothschild, a medium to full-bodied, layered and fleshy wine with a creamy core of ripe but lively fruit, sweet tannins and an expansive finish. In terms of parcels, the 2023 is quite different in origins from the 2022, favoring plots that are better-drained rather than those resistant to drought. It's a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Merlot, without either Cabernet Franc or Petit Verdot featuring in the blend, and it attained 13.3% alcohol.

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.

This is the most structured Mouton since the great 2016, with tannins that start slowly and then take off. It’s muscular and toned. It’s full-bodied but doesn’t come across too heavy. It builds up in intensity and goes on and on and on. It just keeps expanding. I took a double take here. 93% cabernet sauvignon and 7% merlot.