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Mouton Rothschild 1999

Pauillac, First Growth

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Tasting Notes

Delivers sweet tobacco and plum aromas, with a lovely richness. Full-bodied, featuring lots of cedar, tobacco, chocolate and berry character. Long and silky in the palate. There is no sense in waiting; this is so delicious now. - '89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Drink now. 20,165 cases made.

Score: 91

James Suckling, Wine Spectator 01 January 2010

Sweet and lively and lean and a little tart. Fine but not ineluctably first growth standard. A bit stolid and simple.

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2009-2017 25 September 2009

Full medium ruby. Currant, meat, mocha and grilled nuts on the nose. Lush, sweet and smooth, with just enough vinosity to maintain its balance. A vin de plaisir whose lovely fruit and sweet, harmonious tannins make it very easy to taste today (the chateau carried out a gentler, shorter extraction in '99). But doesn't have quite the length or grip of a top year.

Score: 90

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 May 2002

The beautiful 1999 Mouton Rothschild may be a modern day clone of their 1962 or 1985. Its saturated ruby/purple color is followed by sumptuous aromas of cedar wood, creme de cassis, wood smoke, coffee, and dried herbs. The wine is forward, lush, and full-bodied. It is already complex as well as succulent, fleshy, and long. Tannin in the finish suggests more nuances will emerge in 4-5 years. It is a complex, classic Mouton.

Score: 93

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2005-2030 01 April 2002

Made in a soft style, many readers will prefer this "friendlier" blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. A very sexy Mouton, it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color, sweet cassis fruit, coffee, and smoke. Long and lush, with low acidity, ripe tannin, and medium to full body, it should be reasonably approachable upon release, yet evolve nicely for 20-25 years.

Score: 91 - 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2001-2026 01 April 2001

Mouton's huge harvest team of 400 pickers attacked the vineyard on September 26 and finished in early October. Only 60% of the crop made it into the grand vin, which is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. Yields were a modest 42 hectoliters per hectare. At harvest, the estate's administrator, Patrick Leon, felt Merlot was the more favored grape, but after fermentation, he thought it was the Cabernet Sauvignon that had fared better, surprising in view of the heavy rains and tropical humidity experienced in late September. The extremely hot temperatures during the growing season (10% above normal) have left their imprint on the seductive, flashy, low acid 1999 Mouton. Aromas of grilled bread, creme de cassis, and vanillin jump from the glass of this opaque purple-colored effort. Exhibiting an admirable mid-palate, stuffing, and fatness, low acidity, and ripe, sweet tannin, this will be one of the more forward, seductive Moutons produced over the last two decades. As the wine sat in the glass, notes of new saddle leather, coconut, and smoke emerged. This should be an uncommonly precocious, delicious Mouton-Rothschild upon release, yet it will last for two decades.

Score: 90 - 93

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2004-2020 01 April 2000