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Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac(1986)
- Winery:
- Château Mouton-rothschild
- Varietal:
- Region:
- France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Pauillac
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- concentrated, rothschild, fruit, massive, finish - long, berry, lenoir grape, closed, red grape, chewy
After stumbling over some wines I thought were high class Bordeaux, I nailed this wine in one of the blind tastings for this article. In most tastings where a great Bordeaux is inserted with California Cabernets, the Bordeaux comes across as drier, more austere, and not nearly as rich and concentrated (California wines are inevitably fruitier and more massive). To put it mildly, the 1986 Mouton-Rothschild held its own (and then some), in a flight that included the Caymus Special Selection, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23, Dunn Howell Mountain, and Joseph Phelps Eisele Vineyard. Clearly the read more...
- Chopine104
- March 2008
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- WP(my own rating system) = 100 pts
- Luscious black currant flavored Cabernet fruit makes Mouton beguilingly easy to drink. Rich Complex flavors, powerful ripe tannins and an extremely long finish are all hallmarks of this wine.
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 103, July/August 2002
- 95(+?)
- ($310-$575) Good medium ruby. Currant, currant leaf, cedar and dusty oak on the nose. Tightly wound and classic, with fabulous acids contributing to its powerful spine. Wonderfully pure and intense, with great verve and grip. But still quite locked up, and hiding its density. Finishes firmly tannic and extremely long. I remember mistaking the '86 Mouton for such international stars as Sassicaia in the early '90s, when it showed greater sweetness, but this wine has been quite shut down for the past several years. The '86 and the '82 appear clearly to be the two greatest vintages for Mouton since the 1959.
