Château Mouton Rothschild 2022, Pauillac
IN BOND
Delivery 2025
Appellation - Pauillac
Owner - Rothschild family
84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot
Second wine – Le Petit Mouton Rothschild
Annual production – 320,000 bottles
TASTING NOTES
The Mouton-specific creme de cassis is all there. Al dente, too. The grapes must have been picked at near perfection. Depth and complexity. Black berries, earth, violets and other flowers. Full-bodied yet very hemmed-in with tight tannins, which are precise and polished. You can taste the grape skins and dust of the soil. The length is rather endless. 92% cabernet sauvignon.
98/99
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2023
The 2022 Mouton Rothschild, 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot, is aging in 100% new oak. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is incredibly closed to start off, needing a lot of shaking to wake up subtle notes of blackcurrant jelly, ripe blackberries, and fresh mulberries, leading to hints of espresso, crushed rocks, iris bulb, and star anise. Compared with the nose, the mouth wows with explosive, intense flavors of cassis, black cherries, and licorice that fill the palate, framed by very firm, beautifully ripe tannins and a lively backbone, finishing very long with mineral and floral sparks. It is amazing how classical this Mouton this is, considering the extreme vintage. A legend in the making. pH 3.89, TPI 76.
98/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, May 2023
