Tasted throughout the progression of 4 hours. A roller coaster of love. Very tight to begin with herbs, mint and muted fruit. Hour in the wine was still fairly tight with a better expression of tobacco leaves, hickory and muted bramble fruit. 2 hours in the fruit opened up but the mid palate was fairly neutral and nice integrated tannins on the finish. 4 hours in it is singing softly with balanced mint, Cassis, terroir, cherry, black fruit and an elegant finish with a finish that explains all that Mouton is meant to be. This wine will still age 10+ as the acid backbone to the tannins is still in place. Hope this is helpful.
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2005 ZD Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
4/15/2017 - dtmcellar wrote: 93 Points
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2009 Peter Michael Les Pavots
3/11/2017 - dtmcellar Likes this wine: 94 Points
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1998 Château Mouton Rothschild
3/4/2017 - dtmcellar wrote: 94 Points
Tasted throughout the progression of 4 hours.
A roller coaster of love. Very tight to begin with herbs, mint and muted fruit. Hour in the wine was still fairly tight with a better expression of tobacco leaves, hickory and muted bramble fruit. 2 hours in the fruit opened up but the mid palate was fairly neutral and nice integrated tannins on the finish. 4 hours in it is singing softly with balanced mint, Cassis, terroir, cherry, black fruit and an elegant finish with a finish that explains all that Mouton is meant to be. This wine will still age 10+ as the acid backbone to the tannins is still in place. Hope this is helpful.
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