2004 Château Mouton Rothschild

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  4/19/2024 - magnord Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Mörkrött, bara en antydan till tegelkant.
  Plommonmarmelad, mörka körsbär, lite rökighet och mineral, höstlöv, vaniljglass, örter.
  Pigg frukt i smaken, mörka bär och söta hallon, krallig syra och rejäla tanniner, lång eftersmak. Stort, men spretar lite, inte riktigt färdig än.

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  3/28/2024 - Eric Wright Likes this wine: 95 Points

  By the glass at Taillevent. A really classic profile. Pencil lead dominates the nose in the best way. The fruit is still vibrant. Would blind this as Paulliac all day. In a great place. Still full of life but starting to show the secondary and tertiary in full force

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  3/23/2024 - Eric wrote:

  2004 Bordeaux at 20 years courtesy of Mark Taylor; 3/23/2024-3/24/2024 (Atlanta, GA): Seems a Pauillac nose, really nice, getting some horse, quite toasty, leaner, focused, tight, lovely really, lots of spicy green elements, sneaky tannins. My #1 and the clear #1 of the whole group. Correctly guessed as Mouton.

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  3/18/2024 - merlotsmile Likes this wine: 92 Points

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  2/24/2024 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points

  Bordeaux 2004 - 20 Years On - 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind, not decanted. Observations: 1) 2004 is a mediocre vintage overall, with many pleasant wines, but without the depth of better years. 2) At the top, the vintage produced some classic, old-school wines with lots of freshness and fresh fruit. 3) At the lower end, many wines lacked fruit and ripe tannins, resulting in some astringent and slightly drying wines. 4) An alarming number of Right Bank wines (5 out of 16, no Left Bank wine) were oxidized, including some heavyweights like Petrus, Evangile or Figeac. An unacceptably high proportion of faulty wines. 5) I’m not sure that the 2004 are currently in a good phase, many of my scores were lower than in previous tastings. The question is if it’s just a weaker phase or the beginning of the end. 6) At the top and the only wine >95pts was a layered Le Pin (rated 96pts), with a charming Vieux Chateau Certan, a surprising Issan and Clos l'Eglise, as well as an elegant Lafite sharing second place (all rated 94pts).
  
  TN: Like the Lafite, this needed a bit of swirling to reveal everything. Round and seductive, with the Mouton coffee/toast which gave it away, herbs, ripe dark berries, some blue fruit, some bretty notes. A structural frame without fault with ripe, fine tannins, a good acidity backbone and a fairly light texture. Probably not the complexity for a higher rating, but certainly among the best wines of the vintage.

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