Château MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 2021 magnum 150 cl

Description

Yves Beck 97-99 points www.yvesbeck.wine

89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc

40% de Grand Vin à Mouton en 2021 contre 50% normalement (sauf 2018 où il y en a eu près de 65%). Le bouquet est d’abord discret. Il révèle de timides notes d’élevage, ce qui est pour le moins surprenant, suivies de nuances de baies noires, de sarments grillés et de graphite. Petit à petit il laisse apparaître d’autres éléments tels que du bois de réglisse puis des notes d’iris et de baies noires, En bouche le vin est imposant dans sa manière de se révéler. L’attaque est crémeuse, compacte tandis que les tannins, soyeux et onctueux, se livrent peu à peu avec élégance, pour atteindre leur amplitude en fin de bouche. Il y a une grande notion de force tranquille et de sérénité et parallèlement le vin affiche de la tension ainsi que de la salinité, dès l’attaque. Quel bel ensemble harmonieux, que de finesse et de puissance. Une dimension que peu de propriété ont atteinte en 2021. Un grand Mouton !  2027-2056  

Neal Martin 93-95 points www.vinous.com
The 2021 Mouton Rothschild marks a return to the classic style of this First Growth after three hot vintages. Unsurprisingly, the Cabernet Sauvignon takes control and expresses cigar smoke and graphite aromas. This is very well defined, yet examining the wine over several minutes, I was searching in vain for that « magic touch » exuded in recent vintages. The palate is beautifully-knit, quite edgy on the opening, comparatively slender and markedly sapid. Unapologetically linear on the finish, it is as if the growing season snipped off the frills that defines a great Mouton-Rothschild. This is a very fine First Growth, yet I hope it just gains a bit of weight and, to use a more accurate word, « presence », during the remainder of its barrel maturation. 13.1% alcohol

William Kelley 95-96 points www.erobertparker.com
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.

Antonio Galloni 94-96 points www.vinous.com
The 2021 Mouton Rothschild is a potent, tightly wound Pauillac that will need a number of years to come together. Driving in its intensity, with searing tannins, the 2021 comes across as a bit severe today, with less of the charm and sensuality that is such a Mouton signature. That said, I was not thrilled with the quality of either of the two samples of the Grand Vin I tasted.

Georgina Hindle 96 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
Gorgeous deep pink purple rim to the glass. The nose is bright and intense, heady with perfumed aromatics and edges of graphite, cocoa and sweet red cherries. Such clarity on the palate, excellent tension from the get go with beautifully expressed cherry and strawberry fruit that has a soft, ripe fleshy core. The tannins are fine but plentiful, coating the mouth providing the structure and frame. This has such a sense of quiet confidence – it’s not shouting so much but gently showing off its many layers of fruit, acidity, minerality and freshness. This really grows on you, expanding and deepening as the flavours travel across the palate, coming in waves. Understated and introverted at the moment but still harmonious and classy. I love it. Just 41% of grand vin. 3.73pH. Drinking Window 2027 – 2050

Jean-Marc Quarin 97 www.quarin.com
Couleur sombre, intense et belle. Nez très aromatique, fin, fruité, pur, subtil et pour la première fois à cet âge floral. Minutieux en entrée de bouche et en même temps plein, le vin caresse le palais particulièrement bien construit, juteux, sèveux et noble. Il avance complet et profond vers une longue finale complexe, avec une étonnante qualité de chair. C’est superbe. Assemblage : 89 % cabernet sauvignon, 10 % merlot, 1 % cabernet franc. Degré d’alcool : 13°1 – pH : 3,73 – IPT 59. Vendanges du 29 septembre au 6 octobre.