2016 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 750 ml

Name: 2016 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac
Brand: Chateau Mouton Rothschild
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100 pts

Antonio Galloni

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.

100 pts

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. Magic.

100 pts

Jeb Dunnuck

Along with the Château Lafite, the 2016 Château Mouton Rothschild is the wine of the vintage from the Médoc and is a truly profound, magical, blockbuster wine in every sense. It’s based on 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, raised in new French oak. Boasting a saturated purple color as well as an extraordinary bouquet of thick black fruits, lead pencil shavings, new saddle leather, and burning embers, with just a hint of its oak upbringing, this beauty hits the palate with a mammoth amount of fruit and texture yet stays fresh, pure, and light on its feet, with a thrilling sense of minerality as well as building tannins on the finish. It’s one of the most profound young wines I’ve ever tasted, and while it will probably keep for three-quarters of a decade, it offers pleasure even today. Bravo!

100 pts

James Suckling

Dark ruby, purple color. Aromas of blackcurrants, black truffle, crushed stone, licorice and hints of tar. Full-bodied, deep and vertical on the palate, drawing you in and down. The structure is very tannic and powerful, yet the tannins are folded into the wine. One of the most powerful Moutons ever for me. Try after 2027.

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History-Making Mouton Rothschild

Even for one of Bordeaux’s most storied estates, the 2016 Mouton Rothschild is special.

It’s not merely that Wine Advocate, Jeb Dunnuck, Antonio Galloni, and James Suckling all awarded it perfect 100-point scores. It’s that 2016 was a history-making vintage in Bordeaux—one that will take its place among classics like 1961, 1982, and 1986—and no wine produced that year was better than this one. It ranks among the greatest Bordeaux of all time, and the most collectible Mouton Rothschilds ever.

Jeb Dunnuck concluded: “The 2016 Château Mouton Rothschild is the wine of the vintage from the Médoc and is a truly profound, magical, blockbuster wine in every sense.” There is simply no debate that the vintage has ascended to the highest level of Bordeaux excellence, and that Mouton leads the pack.

Winemaker Philippe Dhalluin—in 2020, named James Suckling’s Winemaker of the Decade—assembled a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. The result is a masterpiece that will only improve with age. Dunnuck offered a drinking window that stretches until 2098!

Mouton is unique in that, since 1945, the château has commissioned a renowned artist to paint each vintage label: Chagall, Picasso, Dalí, Koons, Hockney, and even Prince Charles have contributed their talents to Mouton’s special tradition.

The 2016 label is a classic, designed by legendary painter, sculptor, and video artist William Kentridge. Titled “The Triumphs of Bacchus,” the label conveys both the joy offered by wine as well as its cultural power and importance. It’s an apt choice for a bottle that will go down among the greatest in history.

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