Le Petit Mouton de Rothschild 2016

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 Le Petit Mouton is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. It has a deep garnet-purple color and gives up an intensely plummy nose with cigar box and fallen leaves scents leading to aroma layers of kirsch, red and black currants and tilled soil. Medium-bodied with a racy line of freshness cutting through the muscular fruit and a good, firm frame of grainy tannins to support, it finishes on a lingering menthol note.

James Suckling

Deep and dark berry aromas with a center of cedar and tobacco. Full-bodied, tannic and rich with a solid backbone and excellent structure. Plenty of fruit and flavor. It goes on for minutes. One hell of a second wine for Mouton. Try after 2025.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Andreas Larsson - Tasted

Smoky, roasted and gravelly nose packed with dark berries, cassis and tobacco notes, very similiar to the Grand Vin, yet one size smaller on the palate, yet not lacking in concentration offering a nice mouthfeel with plenty of smoky dark fruit, finely rounded tannin and nice polish with a very long and elegant finish.

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