2018 Château Mouton Rothschild

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 97.4 points

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  5/11/2024 - DrELW Likes this wine: 96 Points

  We celebrated our friends 24th anniversary tonight at a steak restaurant. We opened the 2018 Mouton Rothschild along with a 2018 Haut-Brion. They were both opened and decanted at the restaurant. They spend about 30 minutes in the decanter while we finished some champagne. I like to make these top end wines compete, and this was a heavyweight battle. There were no surprises in terms of the flavor profiles of these two wines - both varietal. The Mouton was bigger and more tannic than the Haut-Brion. The Haut-Brion was very elegant and much more enjoyable at this early phase. The complexity of the Haut-Brion was a standout relative to the Mouton. There was an explosion of blackberry compote in the mid-palate of the Haut-Brion. Both wines will have a long shelf life, but the Haut-Brion is drinking better now. Mouton - 96 : Haut-Brion - 99

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  2/7/2024 - graemeg wrote:

  NobleRottersSydney - Bordeaux night (Glass Brasserie, Sydney): {cork, 14%} [Andrew] First time with a 1er this young. And it’s very young, although quite drinkable. Beautiful nose of currants, dark chocolate and polished oak. And an exotic spice twist somehow. Less obviously Bordeaux than the older wines, that’s for sure. Intensely packed palate, medium/full in weight, with fine medium chalky tannin, medium acid, with a long, black-edged, even finish. Even at this age, it’s a ‘wow’ wine. Current retail seems to hover around A$2000 so value-for-money isn’t much of a consideration in recommending this, sadly. But, well, ‘wow’ again!

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  10/5/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote: 97 Points

  Soft, elegant, long, with signature soft Pauillac tobacco and earth, wrapped in fine cedar. Long persistent finish brings more of the same with a deep and re-emerging punge of earth that spells a little bit of Lafite in a very soft way. Will definitely become more elegant with time, but for every one of these, you should own 3 CPL, if this is your thing. Really nice example of Pauillac and the regal feel of a fine Bordeaux. HOLD_

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  9/16/2022 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Doubled decanted about 3 hours before dinner. Thankfully, the wine never shut down and seemed to be at its sweet spot with about 4 hours of air. The 18 didn't quite have the opulent flare of the 19 I had a couple weeks ago, but it was still fantastic.
  
  Aromas of creme de cassis, menthol, tobacco, violets and fragrant earth. This is big but firm, with regal tannins and prominent energetic layers of fruit. It doesn't fill up the mid palate like a similar Napa Cab might, but stays totally composed and tight knit, with building complexity and a super long finish. Clearly this was an infant, but that is really how I enjoy my wines. Total class in a bottle.

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  8/30/2022 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 96 Points

  No notes and only fleeting impressions as it was an epic night with both old friends and new before the Chateau Angelus dinner at Anhelo in downtown Phoenix tonight (8/31). All wines were split between 6.25 of us and unless noted, minimal decant (max 30 minutes).
  
  Was very curious to taste this wine as most of the ‘18s I have had recently are still open for business but others are starting to go night night. This wine while super young is pretty damn delicious. You can 100% experience the warmer vintage yet realize all the goods are there. While drinking well now, it will be fantastic in 5-10 as this is not the vintage that requires a lengthy 20-20 year rest. Would have loved to stay with it but my glass was empty.

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