Château Mouton Rothschild
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend
Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
The 2014 Mouton Rothchild is a stunning wine that is already making its case for one of the wines of the vintage. Graphite, salted dark fruits, tar and mocha with a touch of red bell pepper all marvelously combine on the nose. Silky and marvelously textured, with an incredible complexity and viscosity, the wine shows wonderful brightness and a seamless quality that artfully dances across the mid-palate. Stunning and simply marvelous even at the five year mark, this is only an infant now and has decades of life to go. Try to resist this beauty for at least three more years. Drink 2021-2045- 98
The 2014 Mouton Rothchild is a stunning wine that is already making its case for one of the wines of the vintage. Graphite, salted dark fruits, tar and mocha with a touch of red bell pepper all marvelously combine on the nose. Silky and marvelously textured, with an incredible complexity and viscosity, the wine shows wonderful brightness and a seamless quality that artfully dances across the mid-palate. Stunning and simply marvelous even at the five year mark, this is only an infant now and has decades of life to go. Try to resist this beauty for at least three more years. Drink 2021-2045- 98
Oct 21st, 2019
The 2014 Mouton is midweight but packs a punch. Great intensity of fruit, particularly blackberries, but also great freshness too. Mint, minerality pop up just before a spicy finish through which the vibrancy is maintained with the wine's attractive acidity. This wine is pure class. (It's also worth mentioning that the label is by David Hockney, whose Pool just set a record for the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist, at a mere $90.2m at Christie's in NYC!)
The 2014 Mouton is midweight but packs a punch. Great intensity of fruit, particularly blackberries, but also great freshness too. Mint, minerality pop up just before a spicy finish through which the vibrancy is maintained with the wine's attractive acidity. This wine is pure class. (It's also worth mentioning that the label is by David Hockney, whose Pool just set a record for the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist, at a mere $90.2m at Christie's in NYC!)
Nov 8th, 2018
2014 vintage. Very interesting. Showing secondary funk and reductivness at beginning but opened up over next 15min. Solid concentration.
2014 vintage. Very interesting. Showing secondary funk and reductivness at beginning but opened up over next 15min. Solid concentration.
May 8th, 2015
Tasted in the Chateau Mouton Rothschild tasting room in Oct 2015:
favorite of 3 tasted
Significant aging still needed- maybe ready in 2024
Tarte on front end
Balanced more than others tasted. Still high tannins but ripe tannins and balanced tannic backbone
Smoothest finish of 3 tasted
vanilla notes
100% new oak
Smell vanilla cedar black currant
Tasted in the Chateau Mouton Rothschild tasting room in Oct 2015:
favorite of 3 tasted
Significant aging still needed- maybe ready in 2024
Tarte on front end
Balanced more than others tasted. Still high tannins but ripe tannins and balanced tannic backbone
Smoothest finish of 3 tasted
vanilla notes
100% new oak
Smell vanilla cedar black currant
Barrel sample at the Chateau, March 2016.
Barrel sample at the Chateau, March 2016.
Apr 9th, 2016
Very young, more of a barrel tasting. Give this one 6 to 8 years.
Very young, more of a barrel tasting. Give this one 6 to 8 years.
Oct 23rd, 2015
Vintage 2014 is not available in the market yet. Excellent balance and smoothness.
Vintage 2014 is not available in the market yet. Excellent balance and smoothness.
Jun 29th, 2015