2011 Le Petit Mouton
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Petit Mouton can often have a rather sweaty, Petit Verdot quality to it but this year it looks much more like a Mouton family member. Bright and floral blackcurrant nose with a soft supple palate awash with bright acids. Naturally a bit of Petit Verdit sweat manages to creep in at the end but not bad.
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James Suckling
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The 2011 Le Petit Mouton has quite a rich bouquet with touches of mint and camphor, maybe missing a little cohesion and freshness compared to its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with a silky smooth opening, very plush and seductive although it disguises the fact that there is not much depth here. Easygoing for a Pauillac, drink this now and over the next four to five years. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
Tasted blind. Garnet with a ruby rim. Some suggestion of serious concentration. Very supple and well balanced with none of the faults of 2011 except, perhaps, for a little more acidity than in many 21st-century vintages – which is no bad thing. Sleek and a pleasure-giver. (JR)
Some coffee but also a nice stony savoury quality on the nose, and the same on the palate. Papery tannins, a bit flat in the middle and the acidity somewhat intrusive on the finish. (JH)
About the producer
Pauillac-based Ch. Mouton Rothschild is one of the five First Growths, producing some of the finest wine in Bordeaux and the world. Known for its flamboyant style, the label for the Grand Vin is designed by a different artist each year.