1966 Château Mouton-Baronne-Philippe

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  1/14/2024 - wgilbert3 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  PNP based on earlier reviews. Pleasant. Light and thin when first poured improved over a period of an hour and a half or so. Not great but pleasant enough considering it's age. Tannins gone; forest and related notes, not much fruit. Typical old wine oxidation, not unpleasant.

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  11/20/2022 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 95 Points

  Wow very surprised. Sister and her husband had two bottles of this. One had excellent fill and this was that bottle. Medium minus garnet and tawny red. Lovely nose with tiertary notes of leather, damp forest floor and tobacco leaves. Medium minus tannins (5/10) with a medium minus body. A hint of mulled cherry on the palate with tons of leather, truffles, mushroom and earthiness. Medium length finish. Drinking beautifully right now.

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  11/20/2022 - cab blends wrote: 95 Points

  Not blind.
  
  Light leather nose. Tawny in color and I was expecting This to have turned given the low mid shoulder ullage.
  
  Surprise this was drinking beautifully. Balanced and smooth!
  
  Light tannins so the tannins are not gone which is great. As expected lots of sediment.
  
  Difficult to score. If you enjoy old wines this is at least 94 to 96.
  
  Tannins 4/10. Hl 4. Fd 3
  
  (Amazingly millennial Drinkers gave the wine the same score as me. Uncoordinated or discussed)

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  2/14/2019 - sirpat00 wrote: 87 Points

  Mouton Rothschild vertical 1878-2002 (Old Swiss House, Lucerne): A small oxidative touch, but fortunately not yet offensive and even adding a bit to the complexity. Nose otherwise dominated by leathery aromas with only faint fruit. A rather thin palate with an overweight in acidity and still mouth-coating tannins and hardly any fruit left. No doubt well past the peak, in my view.

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  2/14/2019 - Cailles wrote: 86 Points

  Mouton Vertical (Lucerne): The first 15 minutes told the story of a well aged Bordeaux (93 points) but that changed and more maggi/broth age tones took the reign. Definitely past its prime.
  
  TN: Fine brett scents and dark fruit on the nose; dark earth, cassis, stone, slight ash scents on the palate and finish. Pinot like structure with fully resolved tannins and a good freshness. Direct from the start some slight odd, chemical notes but overall good, balance and with a good length. After 15 minutes the wine started to turn and died quickly.
  
  Decanting: Double decant. Needs no extra air.

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