2006 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners horizontal, the 2006 Le Petit Mouton was a bit of a revelation. It displays more intense red fruit compared to its Pauillac peers with pencil shavings littered over raspberry and strawberry. There is such an infectious sense of joie-de-vivre here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine definition, crisp and tensile with good weight, showing fine elegance with a long, lightly spiced finish that does not seem to go dissipate after a minute. This seems to be blossoming in bottle, though my fear is that many will have already been consumed! Tasted April 2016.

Tasted blind. Pretty focused and direct. Sweet and gentle – slightly sweet oaky – on the palate. Is this Pichon Lalande? Ink and tea leaves. Fun! Sappy. (JR)

Quite heady and polished. Sweet start. And obviously Moutonesque in terms of polish and allure. This has lasted well! Just a little dry on the end. (JR)