2025 Mouton Rothschild

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(Pauillac; 98.2% Cabernet Sauvignon; 1.8% Merlot; a final yield of 30 hl/ha, the highest of the first growths; pH 3.76; 13.1% alcohol; tasted at Mouton-Rothschild with Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy). The 98.2% Cabernet Sauvignon is, of course, an historic record here and the 0.2% less Merlot had a significant bearing on the identity of the final wine, Jean-Emmanuel tells me. We have, perhaps unremarkably, Cabernet cedar and Cabernet graphite in abundance! This is truly fabulous and utterly divine. It's also strikingly intimate, though not really more closed aromatically, but certainly far less solaire than Le Petit Mouton. It's more serious, more cool at the core (indeed, that sense of coolness seems to radiate outwards from the core), more classical and more mirrorpool in its clarity, with that slightly sombre and almost haunting character of the vintage. The entry ('attack' would be too strong a word) is incredibly beautiful and so gentle. Mouton builds ever so slowly in the mouth due to the softness of the extraction. This is wine of incredible clarity. It imparts the sensation of layered purity - fine sheets of silk interspersed with layers of cashmere, the tannins delineating each horizontally and pixilating each vertically. A supreme wine, opulent but never demonstrative, incredibly profound and complete.
98-100/100 Colin Hay

In the 2025 vintage of Château Mouton Rothschild, 98% Cabernet Sauvignon is handled with such precision that it moves as if moving across fresh snow without leaving a trace. Such immense power is controlled with remarkable precision and ease, something that could only be achieved through the convergence of a great vintage and a great team. The tannins fall like a fine graphite rain, gently filling every corner of the palate, while bayberry juice and blackcurrant move through it, maintaining a continuous sense of flow. In this dialogue with the wine, I consistently perceive a stable core and a strong sense of self-command. It does not yield to the warmth of the vintage, nor does it lose its grounding in the face of its own richness. As the saying goes, it remains unmoved, no matter how the winds may rise
98-99/100 Alexandre Ma

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Mouton Rothschild prances out of the glass with showy notes of blackcurrant jelly, kirsch, and boysenberry preserves, plus nuances of lilacs, vanilla pod, crushed rocks, and forest floor. The medium-bodied palate is bright and shimmery with firm, grainy tannins and a lively backbone, finishing long and earthy. The blend is 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot. It has a pH of 3.76 and the alcohol is 13.1%. It is due to age in French oak barrels for 18 months, 100% new.
96-98/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Highest Cabernet Sauvignon on record (since 94% for the 2010 vintage), stately and reserved at first, then totally joyful. The right austerity, coupled with squid ink character and fabulous hidden depths that are going to take their time to fully unroll, with the incense of the oak coming through only after a good 10 minutes in the glass, you barely perceive it on the first tasting. What a beautiful Mouton, great stuff from wine director Jean-Philippe Danjoy. 52% Grand Vin, basically pure old vine Cabernet. And an interesting side note - in September there was no weekend picking, a clear indication that there was no stress about the harvest dates. 3.76pH. Harvest September 5 to 20. 100% new oak.
100/100 Jane Anson