2016

Château Mouton Rothschild

AOP - Appellation d’Origine Protégée (AOC)

Château Mouton Rotschild

Description

2016 Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Grand Cru Classe,
Pauillac AOC, Château Mouton-Rothschild

Falstaff: 
Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, dezente Randaufhellung, mit feinen Gewürznoten unterlegte schwarze Beerenfrucht, ein Hauch von Nougat und Edelholz, feiner Cassistouch im Hintergrund. Komplex, reife Herzkirschen, integrierte, reife Tannine, feines Brombeerkonfit, zarter Nougat, beeindruckendes Rückgrat, sehr viel Rasse und Frische, Brombeeren und Cassis im Abgang, mineralischer Nachhall, große Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
Composed of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the 2016 Mouton Rothschild has an opaque garnet-purple color. WOW—the nose explodes from the glass with powerful blackcurrant cordial, black raspberries, blueberry pie and melted chocolate notions, plus suggestions of aniseed, camphor, lifted kirsch and the faintest waft of a subtle floral perfume in the background. Full-bodied, concentrated, bold and totally seductive in the mouth, it has very fine-grained, silt-like tannins, while jam-packed with tightly wound fruit layers, finishing in this wonderful array of mineral sparks.  

Vinous:
A towering, thrilling wine, the 2016 Mouton Rothschild is unbelievably beautiful today. Aromatics, fruit density and vertical structure all come together. In the glass, the 2016 is remarkably vivid and powerful, and yet a gentler, more feminine side emerges with time in the glass. The intense, mineral, savory profile recalls the 1986, but the 2016 has more grace, inner sweetness and sophistication than that wine. Even so, the 2016 is going to need at least a number of years in bottle before it starts drinking well, although it won't be the bruiser the 1986 remains to this day. This is breathtaking wine from Mouton, Tecnical Director Philippe Dhalluin and his team.