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| | Vintage | 2016 |  Label 1 of 1333 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château Mouton Rothschild (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | Pauillac | | UPC Code(s) | 071570017583, 1000000000182, 3258691187914, 3262151994141, 3262151994592, 3262151994752, 3419466180169, 3448821705617, 3760022343383, 400001335796, 878448003316 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 97.5 pts. and median of 98 pts. in 31 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Hppr Cellar on 2/17/2024 & rated 99 points: Just as good as last time. :) (3468 views) | | | Tasted by yukoner on 11/12/2023 & rated 98 points: Obviously years away from reaching its peak, but it was a special birthday wine and I have a lot of years on me. Awesome example of Bordeaux excellence. (4617 views) | | | Tasted by twoheadedguy on 10/29/2023 & rated 100 points: Pure bliss. Young but one can tell where it’ll go. I’ll open another in a few years. Others capture the tasting notes well. (4356 views) | | | Tasted by dl112056 on 7/13/2023 & rated 98 points: WS 98 (6250 views) | | | Tasted by sh6k on 5/15/2023 & rated 100 points: Drank it too young, but it’s still magestic now. Ended up decanting 3-4 hours but it was approachable out of the bottle.
Has all the usual Bordeaux suspects: dark fruit, graphite, leather, balanced with a licoricey freshness. But: oh wow. Everything is perfectly aligned at 98%. Nothing clipping or going off scale, and nothing missing. Massive power perfectly composed and aligned and balanced. Serious and also accessible. Gorgeous rich but not heavy texture. A velvet glove inside another velvet glove inside another velvet glove.
I debated about 99 vs 100. The argument for 99 was that it’s not exactly a wow, and that it will for sure improve with age. The argument for 100 is that it’s a whoa, and it’s already plenty great. So I went with that. Looking forward to seeing it again in a few years. I can’t exactly imagine how it will improve — it’s already completely integrated. I suppose I could imagine opening up a bit.
Oh and the tannins: super fine and quite noticeable on your teeth. (6905 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 10/21/2022: NY Wine Experience 2022; 10/20/2022-10/23/2022 (Marriott Marquis): Very young, dark black fruits, some spice. There's a lot to like about the opening notes of this. Much too young to be drinking now, but makes you understand why Bordeaux was so keen on 2016. Drinking very nicely. (9950 views) | | | Tasted by Order66 on 3/20/2022 & rated 93 points: Out of sheer near spite towards a less than wow experience with the 2016 Petit Mouton, I decided to commit infanticide and crack one of these open to see how far away the 2016 Petite Mouton was from the grand vin.
I’m happy. While this took a few hours to open up, it was fun to dedicate a day to follow this around. The first few hours it didn’t do much but that texture is killer. Very smooth and slick, rich mouthfeel. After about maybe 5 hours or so, it finally started to showcase a dark smoldering hodgepodge of pine, olives, strawberries, cassis, and mocha.
The best part came (prodigiously) at dinner time. I didn’t want to make an extravagant meal so I decided to make some simple steaks a la Fiorentina with butter and herbs. By that point, this wine was firing. It had lovely scents of cherries, plums, pine, oregano, and an ironclad backbone of tannins that became unrelenting towards the end showing that this wine needs some serious aging. I’m not sure it’s gonna match say the 2016 La Mission or 2016 Leoville Las Cases (I do like Pessac/St. Julien a lot), but it will be a very, very good wine. I think it’s worth it’s salt.
Little brother doesn’t even come close to this. Note to self, pass on the Petit Mouton and buy a few extra Moutons instead. My kids will be happy with this one. (11754 views) | | | Tasted by wino mc vino on 3/2/2022 & rated 100 points: We opened 3 of our best cellar bottles, two old Barolo and a brand new 2016 Mouton Rothchild. The most sublime tasting experience for all involved. Is there a better claret? We've never experienced it, and this will probably be the height of our red wine life experience. (10634 views) | | | Tasted by Hppr Cellar on 1/1/2022 & rated 99 points: Wow- thought this would be too young but it was wonderful. Will certainly get better with age but you will not be disappointed if you open now. 3 hrs decant. Paired perfectly with some aged cheddar and gouda. (10893 views) | | | Tasted by Cailles on 9/4/2021 & rated 93 points: Bordeaux 2016 - 5 Years On - 8 Top Reds: All wines tasted single blind. This tasting proved again that 2016 is an amazing vintage. Compared to many other recent vintages, the 2016s show no excess in any category (especially beneficial for right banks these days) but wines that are still fully ripe. The aromatic complexity and precision are off the charts and structural frames are luxurious. Compared to the more solar 2015s wines we tasted last year, the 2016s will need more time to integrate and open up and might be a tad less charming at this point, but the potential is immense. Group winner was an incredible Ausone, ahead of the Pichon Lalande and an incredible and singular Montrose (which for me was a tied #1 with the Ausone).
TN: The nose was muted and hence clearly inferior to the Lalande in the next glass. A bit more open on the palate with fine, pure, fresh red and dark berries, leather, earth and fine tobacco as well as some minerality. Not very expressive and complex. The structure is very luxurious with a wall of satiny tannins and a high but well integrated freshness, medium+ bodied with a realtively light and elegant feel and a touch of creaminess. Medium length. I hoped for an Euraka moment but this bottle didn‘t sing and will need time. The Lalande showed more of its magic.
Decanting: Muted upon opening and still muted or even more after roughly 3.5 hours in the decanter. I‘m not sure if any decanting will help at this point, this is in shutdown mode.
Group rank: #5 out of 8 wines
Group score: 94.9 pts (14740 views) | | | Tasted by sirpat00 on 8/12/2021 & rated 95 points: Bordeaux 2016 5-years on: Small horizontal of Bordeaux 2016 five years on. We tasted 8 wines in total from 4 appellations with 2 each in every flight. The setting was single-blind. All wines were at least double-decanted. Top performers were Ausone, Pichon Lalande and Figeac, making St Emilion the best performing appellation. Pomerol, on the other hand (VCC, Conseillante) didn't shine. St Estèphe was surprisingly ready. Pauillac felt early, but incredibly structured. We kicked off with a Selosse Substance and finished with Yquem 2013 and I also snuck in a Pichon Baron 1923. Ranking of all wines included in the tasting story.
Tasting note:
Black coffee, black tea, black currant and dark cherry, overall came across somewhat closed however, hence would at this stage recommend a good 2h+ decant. What follows is a nice and juicy palate with great tension. Compared to the Pichon Lalande next to it in the flight this was more decadent and show-off in style, but developing nicely in the glass – would have been great to follow the whole bottle over an entire day or two. (10235 views) | | | Tasted by grapenomad on 1/30/2021 & rated 90 points: Deep ruby red in the glass. Waaaaaay too young, I don't even know how one can enjoy this at this point of time. Loads of oak in your face, with the fruit struggling to come to the surface. Has strong juice to support the decades long aging, but you really can't see this opening up for the next decade. (12129 views) | | | Tasted by hajoha on 10/14/2020 & rated 98 points: Chateau Mouton 2016.
Holy diver - dette er vakkert.
Uten tvil 50 år for tidlig, men damn man får frysninger av det her.
Sensuelt parfymert med fantastisk krydderdryss.
Mørk solmoden bærfrukt som velter ut av glasset.
Hint av sjokolade
Stadig nye nyanser dukker opp ved hvert sniff.
Oser kvalitet lang vei.
Sexy og elegant.
Helt rått.
Når vinen passerer svelget er det ingen tvil om at dette er smertelig ungt.
Fruktkvaliteten er helt spinnvill.
Fabelaktig dybde.
Fullstendig ren frukt som teppebomber munnhulen.
Utrolig konsentrasjon samtidig som den holder seg på den elegante siden.
Perfekt balanse og struktur.
Høyst imponerende - helt gåsehud.
Milevis unna modning, likevel stor opplevelse.
Magisk finish med stram presis frukt og de fineste tanniner.
Imponerende lang ettersmak.
En enhjørnings barndom. 97-98p (12145 views) | | | Tasted by bignbold on 6/20/2020 & rated 100 points: 2016 Mouton Rothschild is perfect. Really. I'm not going to try to write some eloquent composition. Instead, I'm just going to just let the descriptors flow. Saturated, black fruits, black currant, truffle, chewy, layered, complex, great texture, fresh, taste the dust bunnies (minerality), beautiful tannins on the finish. I opened and decanted 3 hours at a blind 2016 Bordeaux vintage party and the Mouton was a show-stopper. Served with aged gouda, soft gouda, dark Ghirrardelli chocolate, and smoked brisket. (12146 views) | | | Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 5/3/2020 & rated 98 points: Best Mouton artist label in years! Titled "Triumphs of Bacchus" by William Kentridge. The silhouetted figures are like Rorschach ink blots conjured into human form through sheer bacchanalian energy and dammit if the choreography on the one second from right doesn't seem like an homage to the iconic prancing ram from the '82. The ink blots are also a pretty good entrée into the wine itself, which has a near pitch-black complexion based on a dense mass of thick-skinned blackberry fruit with an aromatic burst evoking cedar, cigarette ash, gravel, roasted walnuts, and freshly turned soil. The non-fruit elements dominate the palate even more than the fruit, beginning with the cedary wood and extending to metal shavings and something weirdly grain- or wheat-like. Tannins as you would expect are searing but some cheese melts them away nicely and highlights that sweet core of fruit. (14781 views) | | | Tasted by WineBurrowingWombat on 4/11/2020 & rated 95 points: Nose: An amazing florality from the pour with soft hints of ripe red fruits. It then leads to a damp forest floor where it seems like it just rained. Then some soft brett emerges along with some deep red cranberries, some nice deep leather, deep earth, and a soft spice with dulled wet oak (I don't mean that in a bad way). With some time and temperature, everything seems to be come together more with the damp earth and undergrowth showing beautifully, with a bit of pencil shavings peeking through and a touch of smoke.
Palate: Vivid, almost prickly red fruits with tons of energy, juicy freshness, a good lacing of oak, wet black earth with bitter undergrowth and slightly savory river rocks. With about 3 hours of time in the glass, the oak has calmed down a bit, red fruits like cranberries, bright stemmed cherries and some slight plum emerge more with sour tobacco leaves, same savory river rocks with the addition of graphite. The spice has become more pronounced. Something about the low alcohol that makes it seem like you're also somehow drinking the essence of an old, untouched study with walls full of old books (with the pages somehow spiced?) and a leather armchair.
Attributes: Deep, clear medium ruby on the darker side. Dry with medium to medium-plus amounts of smooth, chewy tannin. Medium-minus body with medium-plus acidity. Great finish of about 24-28 seconds.
Thoughts: Such an amazing and layered nose that slowly revealed itself. However, this wasn't quite enjoyable straight out of the bottle. Even with almost about 4 hours of slow ox in the bottle and additional time in glass, it does get better but not enough (that first sip was the best for some reason).. This obviously seems to be made for time, estimating at least 10+ years (maybe even 15) as the fine structure, energy and acidity seems to suggest.. not that I would know but I really don't see this ready before another 10 years.. or a long, hefty decant. Even though not the tastiest thing now, I see this being really enjoyable with plenty of bottle time.. 94-95 and ++ with time. I wish I had a better experience like the other tasters but this was an experience that has taught me something.. don't open these young (who tf said 'duh') and if you do, give this a LONG decant.
Other notes: No decant, time in glass only (but please do if you open a bottle now with a long decant of about 4-6+ hours and taste along the way). Bordeaux glass. Served initially ~60°, up to ~67° and consumed over 4 hours. (11926 views) | | | Tasted by Stein Harald Gullaksen on 11/22/2019: Duft av solbær, tre og krydder. Hinsides konsentrasjon og kraft på smak med en frisk syre og lange raffinerte tanninet. (12424 views) | | | Tasted by Andre Brattland on 11/20/2019 & rated 100 points: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% alcohol.
Really razor-sharp and present on the aromas with enormous charm and complexity. Here you have everything that is needed in terms of fantastic fruit with blackberries, redd fruit edge, crushed stones, violet, mushrooms, solidified leather, soft wood and anise.
Lovely touch on this full-bodied wine that almost feels voluminous and powerful, yet insanely delicate and charming. The mouthfeel grows into eternity. Fabulous fruit with fresh blackberries, blackcurrant, wet stone, cedar, light charcoal and pencil tip. World-class structure, tannins and acidity are Oscar candidates for best supporting actors. Long and breathtaking finish. Wine for the next 100 years. This is the complete wine. 100 points. (11379 views) | | | Tasted by jmoon on 11/9/2019 & rated 100 points: Is most never give 100 but goodness! Wowowowowow.
Incredibly dark but beautifully balanced . Absolutely impeccable gorgeous plush dark plummy fruits with cassis. Cab predominant.
Opened 11am, double decanted back into bottle no cork, served at 7pm... I think this was key to the accessibility of this young wine. (10061 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 9/21/2019 & rated 100 points: The nose can only be described as black currant liqueur. From there you find 5 spice, blackberry and wild cherry. The barrel aging has really concentrated this wine. Unctuous, intense, concentrated and flat out, delicious. It is not often Pauillac is described as decadent. But that is exactly what takes place here. The wine covers every taste receptor on your palate. If you have the chance to taste this elixir, don't pass on it. If you have the disposable income to lay this incredible wine down, do it,. As this is going to be impossibly expensive as it matures. (11574 views) | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 6/9/2019 & rated 95 points: Re-tasted yesterday, allways something strange, hard to give a debstriction?? (12093 views) | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 2/16/2019 & rated 94 points: very strange, it looks like it closes like some chateauneuf-du-pape, more difficult to taste today??? (11316 views) | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 2/3/2019 & rated 97 points: Spicy nose, beautiful aromatic density. Blueberry, black fruits, cedar. Superb mouth volume, of great freshness. Very beautiful wealth of constitution, final serous. It is a great, stylish, dynamic wine. (11187 views) | | | Tasted by PanosKakaviatos on 11/12/2018 & rated 100 points: Northern Médoc sweet spots: pricey and not so pricey (The Médoc): Of the three first growths we tried, including Lafite Rothschild and Margaux, I like this one the most, just edging out Lafite. With 15% Merlot and 83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, you get distinct – yet “fat” – notes of pencil lead. A serious Pauillac! The acidity level is higher than average, at 3.9 grams per liter, “like a 1986, but more modern”, Dhalluin reiterated. “But we work better now to obtain optimal ripeness.” Indeed, and by any measure, the Mouton 1986 is a superb wine. One famous critic rated it 100 😉 … So you get here Pauillac power, sure, and it may not be an overly seductive or opulent style, but more “athletic”. I love the cool blueberry fruit aspect on the long finish. Dhalliun goes so far as to say that the 2016 is “the best vintage that I have made here”. Well, I am inclined to score this very close to 100. Why not 100? For more information with pictures: http://wine-chronicles.com/blog/northern-medoc-2016-bottle/ (12723 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 10/9/2017: The Grand Tour - day eight (Bordeaux): Bottle labelled 'barrel sample' with no date. Concentrated and dense with sightly dusty notes. Black fruits especially blackcurrant, cedar and sweet spice. With agitation blackcurrant concentrate, polished oak, cedar and sweet tobacco. And so it proves on the palate. Acidity is quite pointy tending on almost citric note as well as a touch of sulphur. The acidity lends a certain amount of sourness and the wood lends a fair amount of slightly astringent tannins. Needs about a couple of hours to even begin to open. For me this is exceedingly meh at the moment... (16922 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vineyard mapRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Pauillac Read more detailed information about Pauillac Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth.
Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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