Château Mouton Rothschild - Pauillac 2006

Jamessuckling.com

95 / 100

par James Suckling le 17/03/2015

This is an eye-opener with a tight core of complex fruit character as well as subtle chocolate and spices. Full body, firm tannins and a classy finish. Holding back. Much better than expected. A vintage forgotten. Better in 2018.

Wine Advocate

96 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/12/2014

A major sleeper of the vintage and a great effort, the 2006 Mouton-Rothschild boasts abundant notes of crème de cassis, licorice, truffles, forest floor and cedarwood. The stunning aromatics are still somewhat primary, but the wine is full-bodied with sweet, abundant tannin. Built like a skyscraper with multiple dimensions, this super-concentrated, beautiful blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot should drink well for 30+ years

Jancis Robinson

18 / 20

par Jancis Robinson le 27/01/2010

Dark and lustrous. Smells quite Lafite-like and haunting. Great scent and freshness with super-seductive texture. Lively and refreshing without being green. Good stuff! Though is it very slightly dead on the end? Drink 2014-2030

Wine Spectator

94 / 100

le 31/03/2009

Complex aromas of crushed berries, cedar, mahogany and sweet tobacco follow through to a full body, with velvety tannins and a long finish. There's also lots of coffee. Balanced and very beautiful already. Best after 2015. 15,830 cases made. –JS

Wine Advocate

98 / 100

par Robert Parker le 01/02/2009

A sensational effort, the 2006 Mouton Rothschild exhibits an opaque purple color as well as a classic Mouton perfume of creme de cassis, flowers, blueberries, and only a hint of oak. Dalhuin told me that in whisky barrel-tasting vintages such as 1989 and 1990, Mouton was aged in heavily-toasted barrels, and they have backed off to a much lighter toast for the barrels’ interior. I think this has worked fabulously well with the cassis quality fruit they get from their Cabernet Sauvignon. The full-bodied, powerful 2006 possesses extraordinary purity and clarity. A large-scaled, massive Mouton Rothschild that ranks as one of the top four or five wines of the vintage, it may turn out to be the longest-lived wine of the vintage by a landslide. The label will undoubtedly be controversial as a relative of Sigmund Freud, Lucian Freud, has painted a rather comical Zebra staring aimlessly at what appears to be a palm tree in the middle of a stark courtyard. I suppose a psychiatrist could figure out the relationship between that artwork and wine, but I couldn’t see one. This utterly profound Mouton will need to sleep for 15+ years before it will reveal any secondary nuances, but it is a packed and stacked first-growth Pauillac of enormous potential. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2060+. 98+

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

94-95 / 100

par Stephen Tanzer le 30/06/2008

Good bright, deep ruby. Great class to the aromas of blackcurrant, graphite, spices, cedar and flowers. The cabernet-dominated flavors are at once sweet and penetrating, with harmonious acidity and firm underlying minerality giving the wine a sappy, vibrant character. Extremely fine-grained wine finishing with very broad, suave tannins that saturate the front teeth. An outstanding 2006 with great potential.

La Revue du Vin de France

18.50-19.50 / 20

le 06/07/2007

Le château n'a retenu, en 2006, que 44% de la production totale pour élaborer le gran vin. Mouton 2006 poursuit la tendance amorcée en 2004 par la propriété visant à produire un vin plus préis et raffiné que par le passé, sans rien perdre de sa flamboyance légendaire. D'une classe hors norme, le 2006 possède une fraîcheur et un équilibre magistraux. Le grain de tanin est somptueux, avec une grand persistance aromatique en finale. Avec 2005, il s'agit du meilleur Mouton produit depuis 20 ans.

Decanter Magazine

19 / 20

le 30/06/2007

Superb colour, fabulous spicy fruit, explosively seductive, reat purity and more vigorous than fleshy, a marvellously elegant, imposing wine, very Mouton. 2015-35

Le Point

19-19.50 / 20

par Jacques Dupont le 24/05/2007

Nez de violette, prune, réglisse, bouche tendre, commençant très délicatement puis prenant peu à peu son ampleur, tanins moelleux, serrés mais souples, des notes épicées, une grande longueur. Un vin très réussi, sans faiblesse ni dureté, révélant une minéralité et une pureté rarement égalées dans ce cru.

Wein Wisser

19 / 20

par René Gabriel le 07/05/2007

2017-2040. Sehr dunkles Weinrot mit violeten und fast schwarzen Reflexen. Klassisches Mouton-Cassisbouquet, dicht, füllig und süss, im Untergrund schwarze, getrocknete Beeren, Bounty-Kokos, dunkle Pralinene, Kaffee-Dessertbohnen, mineralischer Touch, Terpentinnuancen, zu Kopf steifend. im Gaumen erstaunlich saftig, feine und sehr elegante Gerbstoffe, seidige Textur, ausgeglichene Adstringenz, im Finale viel Wûrztöne, zarte SChokobitterkeit, wieder viel Cassis, stark dem 1994er gelichend, vielleicht mit einer Spur mehr Kraft, aber auch "nobler Arroganz", geniale Länge.

Falstaff

93-95 / 100

le 03/05/2007

Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, jugendliche Reflexe, violetter Rand. In der Nase feines, süß unterlegtes Cassiskonfit, feine Gewürznote, mineralisch unterlegt, ein Hauch von Brombeeren. AM Gaumen sehr elegant un finessenreich, perfekt integrierte Tannine, fast rotbeerig wirkende Frucht, ausgewogen. Der Wein wirkt auf den ersten Blick fast leichtfüßig, ist aber profund und sehr finessenreich und wirkt bereits jetzt sehr trinkanimierend, feines Cassis im Rückgeschmack, sehr gute Frische und Länge, tolles Zukunftspotenzial .Exzeptionelle Präzision.

Wine Advocate

96-100 / 100

par Robert Parker le 03/05/2007

This extraordinary Mouton should turn out to be the finest they have made since the monumental 1982 and 1986. In early tastings, Mouton often seems to tag along behind the other first-growths. Yet in 2006, there is no question that the Baronne Philippine de Rothschild gave carte blanche authority to her talented administrator, Philippe Dalhuin, to turn up the heat in 2006. Yields were a tiny 32 hectoliters per hectare, the harvest took place between September 20 and October 15, and a minuscule 44% of the crop made it into the grand vin (the lowest percentage in more than half a century). The final blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot is unusually high in Cabernet Sauvignon, but it possesses Mouton’s hallmarks of pure creme de cassis and flowers in addition to a toasty oak character. Profoundly concentrated, super-textured, and rich, Mouton’s powerful, full-bodied 2006 is unquestionably a strong candidate for the “wine of the vintage.” Kudos to Mouton’s winemaking team for fashioning this brilliant wine. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2050.

Wine Advocate

93-95 / 100

par Neal Martin le 01/05/2007

Tasted at Mouton Rothschild. Deep black/purple colour. The nose seems a little over-extracted and lacking some delineation as a consequence. Scents of black cherries, cassis, iodine. Opulent as one comes to expect from Mouton. The palate is attractive, full-bodied, decadent and showy with ripe blackberries, cedar and cassis. The one problem I find is that it is dominated by too much new oak and it is difficult to discern the character of the wine underneath. It needs more poise and delineation although Mouton always improves significantly between now and the summer. Touch of black coffee on the finish. Certainly a commendable Mouton, by I need that oak to become more enmeshed within the fabric of the wine.

TAST

19 / 20

le 30/04/2007

Magnifique texture satinée, liée à un travail d’élevage d’une précision admirable, grande puissance et grand raffinement, dans un équilibre magique qui nous a enthousiasmés. Part un peu plus vite dans la vie que ses pairs, mais ne devrait pas moins bien vieillir qu’eux ! Petit Mouton, en revanche, malgré la splendeur de son corps, n’est pas aussi immédiatement défini (16,5/20). Mais comme il possède pas mal de cabernets francs et merlots du grand terroir, on peut lui faire confiance. Tous les premiers crus, et ce n’est pas un hasard, flirtent avec les 85 à 90 % de cabernet-sauvignon !

Vinum

17 / 20

le 30/04/2007

überaus maskuliner, jantiger Mouton, knackig und saftig, endet etwas krautig, es fehlt in dieser Phase am gewohnten Charme. Muss zu mehr Harmonie finden - und wird dies bestimmt. 2014 bis 2022

Wine Enthusiast

96-98 / 100

le 15/04/2007

The best Mouton for several years, this wine holds impressively together. It has great power, great structured Cabernet fruit, and dense, almost dusty tannins. The flavors are concentrated, dense, dark. Power and style. —R.V.

Jancis Robinson

17.50 / 20

par Jancis Robinson le 12/04/2007

Very dark purple but with quite a pale rim. Not very expressive on the nose at the moment – seems if anything a bit weedy. Very strict, bone dry, treading a very fine line between elegance and meagreness. They’re obviously playing the finesse card but the finish is very dry and drying indeed. This is very Cabernet, but has remarkably little weight. I think for a great wine to be this light it also has to have a bit more aromatic expression and allure but this may well develop. 17.5++

Wine Spectator

95-100 / 100

par James Suckling le 29/03/2007

Gorgeous aromas of currant, raspberry and mineral. Full-bodied, with ultrafine tannins. Long and caressing, building on the palate. Very pretty, very elegant. Subtle and seductive. This could be better than 2005. Wait and see.