Château Mouton Rothschild

Jamessuckling.com

94 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe3/17/2015

This is complex on the nose with black cherry, blackcurrant and graphite aromas. It's very fleshy on the palate with chewy tannins and lots of fruit. This is still a reserved and structured Bordeaux, but with power lurking beneath. Still a baby.

Wine Advocate

94 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/31/2011

Tasted blind at Bordeaux Index’s 10-Year On horizontal. This has another outstanding bouquet with notes of blackberry, wild hedgerow, graphite and a touch of orange peel. Great delineation and vigour, a little more generous than Lafite that overtakes after an hour in bottle. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, superb acidity, great depth but perhaps just missing the persistency and vigour of the Lafite. Great mineralite on the tobacco and autumn leaf-finish. Tasted March 2011.

Wine Advocate

95 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/31/2008

A soft, sumptuous nose of black cherries, cassis, redcurrants, kirsch and a touch of hot bricks. Well-defined with a certain warmth to it. Fleshier than the previous wine with blueberry, cherry, wild strawberry with a real succulent finish. Tasted October 2007.

La Revue du Vin de France

/ 100

the9/1/2004

..."incroyable suavité et douceur unique du tanin, un vin de rêve qui apparaît comme le sommet du millésime à Bordeaux..."

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/1/2004

A blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the opaque purple-colored, chunky 2001 Mouton-Rothschild does not possess the finesse and stature often achieved by this first-growth. It offers a tell-tale cassis-scented nose, and a monolithic, medium to full-bodied style with relatively high, austere tannin in the finish (a characteristics I also noticed in cask). A dry, angular, backward effort for the vintage, it should be forgotten for at least a decade. Let’s hope the fruit continues to expand and sweeten, but that’s no sure thing. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2025+.

Wine Spectator

94 / 100

the3/31/2004

Very smoky, with berry, coffee and tobacco aromas. Full-bodied, with polished velvety tannins, plenty of fruit and a cedary aftertaste. Tight and compacted. This is better than the 2000 Mouton. It's a baby 1986 Mouton. Solid and very, very fine. Persists for a long time on the palate. Best after 2009.

Carnets de dégustations Bettane et Desseauve

9,5 / 10

the2/16/2004

Ce vin semble encore plus hors concours qu'en primeur en raison de son incroyable suavité et de la douceur du tanin pour ce millésime. Un vin de rêve, vinifié et élevé à la perfection et qui, avec Lafite, apparaît comme le sommet incontestable du millésime à Bordeaux.

Wine Advocate

90-92 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe4/30/2003

The 2001 Mouton Rothschild, a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc from low yields of 28 hectoliters per hectare, was quite closed and nearly impenetrable when I tasted it in 2003. It exhibits a dense ruby/purple color and a hint of new saddle leather intermixed with espresso, black currant liqueur, and Asian spices. The wine is dense on the attack, but excruciatingly tannic and backward, with medium to full body and a certain austerity/angularity in the finish. As I indicated last year, this wine needs to flesh out for it to merit a higher score. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2035.

Wine Advocate

91-93 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe4/1/2002

The 2001 Mouton is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc produced from small yields of 28 hectoliters per hectare (66% of the production made it into the wine). The entire Cabernet Sauvignon crop was harvested between October 8-10. While the 2001 does not possess the charm or finesse of the 1999, or the massive power and body of the virtually perfect 2000, it possesses forward, evolved aromatics consisting of espresso, creme de cassis, Asian spice, licorice, and toasty oak. Low acid and high tannin result in an austere finish. It will need to flesh out to justify a 93 or better score. For now, it is dominated by its Cabernet Sauvignon. Additional fat should emerge as the wine evolves in the barrel. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2025.