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2010 Château Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (94%), Merlot (6%)
Ready - youthful
Product: 20108008860
2010 Château Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

The whole Mouton stable of wines this year was quite simply spectacular, but the Grand Vin itself was otherworldly. With such a majestic nose of deeply concentrated blackberries and cream, it was very hard to drag the glass away to actually taste it. It is exceptionally unctuous, silky, almost with the consistency of single cream. Incredible, ripe, but not overly so, with red and black fruits, and a really dense compote of woodland lushness.

The tannins are gloriously wrapped up within the satin creaminess of its dense but elegant body and it has an extraordinary finish of minutes not seconds. Tasting and writing about the First Growths has now become something of an elite treat as we know that there is no chance we shall be able to afford to drink these incredible wines, but if I could afford to drink the best of the best, I’d find it hugely encouraging that they really are the Top Guns of the wine world and really deserve their status. An incredible Mouton: bravo!
(94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot)
Simon Staples, Fine Wine Director
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (94%), Merlot (6%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Mouton Rothschild

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Pauillac

Pauillac

The aristocrat of the Médoc boasts 75 percent of the region’s First Growths, with Grand Cru Classés representing 84 percent of production. Pauillac's First Growths each have their own unique characteristics: Ch. Lafite Rothschild produces the region’s most aromatically-complex and subtly-flavoured wine, while – with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon – Ch. Mouton Rothschild can produce a decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine.
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Château Mouton Rothschild

Classified as a First Growth, Château Mouton Rothschild has a long and storied history; wine has been made here since Roman times. The property spans 82 hectares of vines in Pauillac, planted with the classic varieties of the region, Cabernet Sauvignon being predominant.
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