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2005 Château Mouton Rothschild

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Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from a distributor

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Removed from a temperature and humidity controlled wine storage unit; Purchased at retail

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RATINGS

98James Suckling

This accelerates on the palate with incredibly ripe tannins and finesse. Full body, roasted fruit, leather and grilled meat. Dried flowers, too. It shows superb tannin backbone and polish. Tight and youthful.

97Robert M. Parker Jr.

A sensational nose of crème de cassis and incense...a touch of lead pencil shavings and forest floor. Dense purple...one of the biggest, richest wines I tasted from the Médoc. It is full-bodied, pure, and impressively endowed.

95Wine Spectator

...aromas of mineral, licorice, lead pencil and blackberry follow through to a full body, with ultrafine tannins and a caressing, pretty finish.

95Stephen Tanzer

Explosive, superripe aromas of black raspberry, currant, graphite and tobacco leaf. Outsized, opulent and generous...

18.5+ Jancis Robinson

Attractive sweet oak spice and char over a lovely fresh cassis fruit aroma, with a very slight meaty note. Toasty flavours over fine-grained, rich tannins...

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Pauillac

Pauillac is Bordeaux’s most famous appellation, thanks to the fact that it is home to three of the region’s fabled first-growth châteaux, Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild and Latour. Perched on the left bank of the Gironde River north of the city of Bordeaux, Pauillac is centered around the commune of Pauillac and includes about 3,000 acres of vineyards. The Bordeaux classification of 1855 named 18 classified growths, including the three above mentioned First Growths. Cabernet Sauvignon is the principal grape grown, followed by Merlot. The soil is mostly sandy gravel mixed with marl and iron. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that “the textbook Pauillac would tend to have a rich, full-bodied texture, a distinctive bouquet of black currants, licorice and cedary scents, and excellent aging potential.”