18 JR / 89 VMActual bottle shown. Half bottle. François Audouze added two unlabelled half bottles to this dinner at the last minute. Bright mid ruby. Very dense and jagged with some tannin still in evidence! Bone-dry...
The 1948 Mouton-Rothschild acquits itself well in what was a cool summer that begat tannic, masculine wines. According to Michael Broadbent, it was green in its youth and required 20 years of bottle age. It remains fresh and...
97 RP 1955 750ML MOUTON ROTHSCHILD #50 LOW FILL NO LABELSold As Is: No Returns, All Sales Final
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90 VM The 1957 Mouton Rothschild was served blind, the first time I had encountered this particular vintage. It has a surprisingly fresh nose of wild mint, cranberry and damp undergrowth, clean and well defined, certainly...
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20/20 JR / 98 VM / 98 RP A bottle that had been decanted 12 hours previously and, although there was the tiniest suggestion it has not been freshly opened, was absolutely stonking. So rich, sweet and concentrated yet...
96 WS / 94 VM / 93 RP / 16.5 JR Deep garnet; fragrant tar and black truffle nose; extremely concentrated; big and mouth-filling, with very dense cassis flavor; enormous, generous fruit; a voluptuous claret - Wine...
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90-92 WA A complete shock to everyone who tasted this blind at La Trouvaille. Tasted alongside Lynch Bages 66, a little fatter on the nose with notes of cedar and cooked meats. Good poise and freshness. The palate has good...
91 WS Wonderfully rich and still holding back. Beautiful plum, toasted oak, berry and tobacco character. Firm with a full body. - Wine...
100 RP / 100 JS This wine remains one of the legends of Bordeaux. It has thrown off the backward, youthful style that existed during its first 25 years of life, and over the last 4-5 years has developed such secondary...
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JS / 100 JD Over the last couple of years, I had inclined to the view that the 1986 vintage was eclipsing the 1982 Mouton Rothschild, but two perfectly conserved bottles this year put paid to that...
99 JS What an awe-inspiring nose of currants, shaved lead pencil, white truffles and earth. It's full-bodied and enveloped by silky tannins that lead to an earthy, long finish. Old, traditional Bordeaux with soul and...
89 RP / 89 WS The 1987 would appear to be a sure bet for the wine of the vintage. It remains the most complete and backward 1987 Medoc, with at least 10-15 years of aging potential. The touching dedication from the late...
94 DE Just pipped by its older sibling. Harvest lasted 18 September to 3 October, and grapes underwent a serious sorting after uneven ripening (they also did green harvesting). Autumn hedgerow aromatics with hawthorn and...
97 DE / 96 RP / 95 VM / 95 JS Still remarkably dark, intense and youthful in appearance, this Mouton shows more flamboyant characters on the nose than other vintages, with spices, cigar-box and blackcurrant leaf all to the...
97+ WA / 97 RP / 97 WE / 96 DE / 95 VM Deep garnet colored with a touch of brick, the 2000 Mouton Rothschild (composed of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot) boldly bursts from the glass with tantalizing Black Forest...
94 WS 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...
95 DE / 95 FS / 94 VM / 93 JS / 93 WA / 93 WCI / 18.5 JR Opulent yet restrained aromas which give the impression of ripeness. A sense of hedonism pervades here – and it’s very welcome too. Long and elegant with...
98+ RP / 97 WE / 96+ VM / 95 DE / 95 JS / 95 WS Wine Enthusiast Best of Year 2009 A sensational effort, the 2006 Mouton Rothschild exhibits an opaque purple color as well as a classic Mouton perfume of creme de cassis,...
99 WA / 99 RP / 98+ VM / 98 DE / 98 JS / 98 WS Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Mouton Rothschild gives up bold earthy notions of underbrush, tilled soil and fungi over a core of crème de cassis, plum preserves and...
99 JD / 99 JS / 98 WA / 98 DE / 97+ AG / 96 WS / 19 JR #91 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 The crème de la crème from the northern Médoc is the 2015 Mouton Rothschild and this incredible wine...
100 VM / 100 AG / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 JD / 99 DE / 98 WS #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 The 2016 Mouton Rothschild bowled me over when I tasted it from barrel. Philippe Dhalluin compares...
100 VM / 100 AG / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 JD / 99 DE / 98 WS The 2016 Mouton Rothschild bowled me over when I tasted it from barrel. Philippe Dhalluin compares it to the 1986 in terms of intensity of...
100 JS / 100 DE / 99 WA / 99 VM / 98 WS / 97+ JD #10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#36 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 I am a little bit speechless about this one. I have...
100 JS / 100 DE / 99 WA / 99 VM / 98 WS / 97+ JD#10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#36 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 I am a little bit speechless about this one. I have...
100 WI / 99 JS / 99 AG / 98+ WA / 98 JA / 98 VM / 98 WS / 98 JD / 98 WE The 2019 Mouton Rothschild is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it...
100 WA / 100 DE / 99 VM / 99 JA / 99 WE / 99-100 JS / 97+ JD / 96+ WI The 2020 Mouton Rothschild is a striking wine and one that I regretted not purchasing en primeur as soon as it landed in my glass...
100 DE / 99 VM / 99 JA / 99 WE / 99-100 JS / 97+ JD / 97-99 WA Dark fruits on the nose, blackcurrants and cherries with savoury nuances of dark chocolate and tobacco. Fresh and forward on the palate, this...
96-97 JS / 96+ WI / 96 AG / 96 DE / 95-97 WE / 95 JA / 95 JD / 94 WA / 94 VM / 17.5+ JR A firm and compact Mouton with a powerful tannin frame for the vintage, yet it remains fine and precise as it opens to a...
98-100 JD / 98-100 WI / 98-100 DE / 98-99 JS / 96-99 WA / 98 JA / 96-98 VM Moving to the flagship, the 2022 Château Mouton Rothschild is a massive, full-bodied, incredibly powerful 2022 that takes no prisoners...
This OWC of 3 was released in 2022 and comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 bottle each: 2006: 96 WA / 2009: 99 WA / 2010: 100...
This OWC of 3 was released in 2022 and comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 bottle each: 2009: 99 WA / 2010: 100 VM / 2015 99...
96 JD / 95 JS / 95 JA / 94 DE / 94 WI / 93 VM / 17 JR The 2019 Château Nenin is truly fantastic, and my money is on it being the finest vintage to date for this estate. Based on 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc...
97 JS / 94 JD / 94 VM / 93+ WA / 93 DE #74 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023A very fine yet structured Nenin with racy and linear tannins that run the length of the wine. Black chocolate and orange peel. Medium...
93 JS / 92 AG / 92 VM / 91 JD / 91 WE / 90 WS Earthy and savory, this starts rich and mellow then slowly turns in the stern direction. A lot of personality and character, and power for long ageing. Try in 2020. James...
94 WE / 93 DE / 92 JD / 91 WS / 93-94 JS The estate is under the same ownership as Château Lynch-Bages in Pauillac. Rich and smoky, this sophisticated, rich wine has some serious tannins as well as black fruits. The...
94 JD / 93 JS / 93 WS / 93 DE / 93 WE / 92 WI / 91 VM / 90 WA / 16.5 JR Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Ormes de Pez comes bounding out of the glass with energetic scents of black raspberries, fresh...
93 JA / 92 JS / 92 JD / 92 WS / 91 VM / 91 WA / 91 DE Love this wine, with its punchy stamp of St Estèphe, with powerful black fruits and fresh acidities, both enticing and appealing while extremely unfussy...
93 JA / 92 JS / 91-93 VM / 91 DE / 90 JD / 89 WA This has punch and mouth-watering juicy acidities. Cheerful, enticiting, blackberry and loganberry fruits, and all is in place to add on further depth over ageing. There is...
93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 93 JA / 93 DE / 91-93 VM / 90-92 WA / 89-91 WI Another brilliant Saint-Estèphe, the 2022 Château Ormes De Pez offers up lots of ripe blue and black fruits as well textbook earth, crushed...
99 JD / 98 WA / 98 JS / 98 WE / 97 RP / 97 DE / 96 VM / 18.5 JR The 2009 Palmer is unquestionably one of the greatest young Bordeaux I’ve tasted, and it has a rare mix of richness and elegance that’s incredible...
98+ RP / 98 JS / 98 DE / 96 WA / 96 VM / 96 WS The 2010 Palmer is one of the superstars of the vintage, a blend of 54% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit...
100 JS / 98 JD / 98 WA / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96 WS / 99-100 GV #48 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 I am breathless with the dark-berry, lavender and burnt-orange aromas. Some salt. Just so formidable and deep...
98 JS / 97+ WA / 97 DE / 96+ VM / 95+ JD / 95 WS Wine Advocate Top 100 of 2020#35 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Very perfumed and subtle with dried flowers and citrus, as well...
100 DE / 100 VM / 100 AG / 99+ JD / 99 WE / 98 WS / 98 JS / 98 WA #61 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2021#78 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 Beautifully rich even...
99 VM / 99 JS / 99 WI / 98 AG / 98 JA / 98 WE / 97 JD / 97 DE / 96+ WA #18 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022 The 2019 Palmer is beautifully defined on the nose with pencil lead infused black fruit,...
99 DE / 98 VM / 98 WE / 97+ WI / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 JD / 97 JA Glorious finesse, depth, density and length. An amazing wine that deserves to be a first growth. Such vivid expression of bright fruit and floral...
97 DE / 96 AG / 96 JA / 96 DE / 95+ WA / 95 JD / 94 VM / 92 WS A showstopper of a wine that offers a fragranced nose of purple flowers, blackcurrant, cola and liquorice. Smooth and silky, this has a gorgeous weight and...
In the 19th century, it was a common practice of the time to “hermitage” the wines. Bordeaux chateaux would add to their wines a certain quantity of wine from the Rhone - notably from the region of Hermitage...
97 RP / 94 WS / 94 VM / 94 JD / 94 JA / 93 JS / 93 WI The iconic 2012 Pape Clement is a candidate for near-perfection as well as one of the wines of the vintage. From proprietor Bernard Magrez, this is a blend of 51%...
99 JS / 97 JD / 96 VM / 96 WA / 95 WS #41 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 The clarity to this wine is impressive. Wealth of dark-plum and black-fruit essence not to mention orange citrus. Everything is dialed up to...
98 JS / 97 JD / 96 WA / 96 VM / 96 WS / 95 DE #85 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 Stunning concentration of perfectly ripe blackcurrants here with a delicate whiff of vanilla oak and extremely fine tannins...
96 JS / 96 VM / 95 WI / 95 WS / 94+ WA / 94 WE / 93 JD / 93 DE / 17 JR #84 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Beautiful spice, tobacco, wet earth and blackcurrants with some raspberries. Aromatic...
99 JD / 97 JS / 96+ WA / 96 WS / 96 VM / 95 DE Coming from 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc brought up in 60% new French oak, the 2018 Château Pape Clement from Bernard Magrez...
98 JD / 97 VM / 97 JS / 96 JA / 96 WI / 95 WE / 94 WA As to the Grand Vin 2019 Château Pape Clement, it reveals a dense purple hue to go with stunning aromatics of crème de cassis, graphite, lead...
98 VM / 98 JS / 97+ JD / 95 WS / 95 DE / 95 JA#37 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#59 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 The 2020 Pape Clément is outrageously beautiful. Dark, virile and...
97-98 JS / 96-98+ JD / 95-97 WI / 94-96 VM / 95 JA / 95 DE / 92-94 WA This is a very structured 2022 with powerful tannins that run the length of the wine. Yet it’s perfumed and fresh with flowers and subtle...
93 VM / 93 DE / 93 JS / 91 JA / 90 JD / 90 WE Second wine of Clerc Milon. 2020 is the first ever vintage released en primeur. The 2020 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is fabulous. Rich, ample and explosive, the 2020...
91 VM / 90-91 JS / 89-91 JD / 89 WA The 2021 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is a bold, juicy wine. Succulent dark cherry, plum, lavender, spice and violet all flesh out in the glass. Pastourelle is one of the hidden gems in...
92-93 JS / 91-93 JD / 92-92 VM / 91 DE / 89-91 WI Plenty of juicy fruit with blackcurrants, cherries and chocolate. Medium to full body. Juicy finish. - James Suckling The 2022 Pastourelle De Clerc Milon is a full-bodied,...
92 JS / 92 VM / 91 WI / 91 WA / 91 JD This has aromas of blackberries, porcini mushrooms, tobacco and charred bark. It’s medium-bodied with fine, supple tannins. Savory, with plenty of earth and mineral character...
94 JS / 92 JD / 91 WI / 90 DE / 16.5 JR This is already very complex with tobacco, blackberries and hints of cedar. It’s medium-bodied with firm and layered tannins. Juicy and so delicious. It can age, too. Delightful...
This stunning collection cabinet was made in a numbered edition of 100 and features 20 consecutive vintages, 1998-2017. Château Pavie 1998, Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé – 97 WA, 93...
100 WI / 100 JD / 100 RP Medium garnet-brick in color, the 2000 Pavie needs a little swirl to coax out fragrant notes of dried roses, cinnamon stick, red loam, and fallen leaves leading to a core of kirsch, plum...