Château Mouton Rothschild 1979, Pauillac

Avis d'expert

96 / 100

Wine Spectator

(10-1989)

3 / 5

Michael Broadbent

(10-1990) Lots of fragrance and flavour but tarred with the same '79 tannic tar brush. Good flesh, fair fruit, spicy. An attractive if lean mouthful. A bit raw and very tannic.

88 / 100

Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider

(11-2018) High tones, medium/full bodied, with more interesting things going on in the nose, with its spice filled, tobacco, cedar, red plum, smoke and leafy aromatics than on the crisp, red berry, sweet and tart palate. No decanting needed, this requires drinking as the fruit is already in a slow state of decline.

87 / 100

Jean-Marc Quarin

(04-2002) The color is beautiful. The nose offers a mixture of fruit and tea. This vegetal aspect is amplified with agitation. The wine enters the mouth with fluidity, before being more massive in the middle. It finishes too tannic and too rustic. The year was abundant and rainy. This explains that. Nevertheless, there are more pleasing and better made 79s.

Features

Château informations

Features

Vintage	Wine 1979
Classification	Médoc - 1er Cru Classé
Region	Bordeaux
Appellation	Pauillac
Colour	Red
Volume	0.75 l
Country	France
Château	Château Mouton Rothschild
Country	France

Château informations

Château Mouton Rothschild

Mouton Rothschild is arguably one of the best-known wine estates in the world. In AOC Pauillac, since 1973 it has been First Classified Growth in the official classification of Bordeaux wines of 1855.

Bought in 1853 by Nathaniel de Rothschild, Brane Mouton became legendary under the name of Château Mouton-Rothschild. It is with the advent of Baron Philippe de Rothschild that Mouton really becomes the monumental 1er Cru that it is today. Mouton Rothschild 1945 and 1982 are among their finest vintages. In addition to the construction of cellars and buildings, and the accession to Premier Cru status, it is the passion of a lifetime rediscovered in action by this exceptional man.

Classified as a Second Classified Growth in 1855, Château Mouton Rothschild has been a Premier Classified Growth since 1973. Its motto "First not then, second not deign, Mouton am" thus became "First I am, second I was, Mouton does not change".

The elegance and magic of this wine have thus charmed the greatest contemporary artists who, each year, illustrate with their art the priceless wines of Mouton by creating an original work on the label. Château D'Armailhac and Château Clerc Milon follow in the footsteps of this quality concern of the Rothschild family.

The great vintages of Château Mouton Rothschild are: 1994, 1989, 1986, 1985, 1983, 1982, 1970, 1966, 1962, 1961, 1959, 1955, 1953, 1949, 1947, 1945

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