Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac 2020
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
In Stock
- Vintage2020
- ColourRed
- ProducerChateau Mouton Rothschild
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- Sub RegionPauillac
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV13
- LWIN10140042020
- Avg. Critic Score4★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
The 2020 Le Petit Mouton has a seductive bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit, cedar and pencil lead, seeming to gain precision in the glass—very classic in style. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet core of cassis and blackberry fruit, very composed and very pure. A cashmere-textured finish fans out gloriously. This is a seriously fine Pauillac for long-term cellaring (written before its identity was revealed). Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
- Drinking Window: 2032 - 2065
- Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
- Review Date: November 2024
The 2020 Le Petit Mouton benefits from the fact that the grand vin this year derives almost exclusively from the estate's core gravel terraces, meaning that many parcels that were included in, for example, the 2018 Mouton ended up in the Petit Mouton in 2020. Offering up aromas of cassis, cigar wrapper and violets, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with a broad attack and a layered, concentrated mid-palate.
- Drinking Window: 2025 - 2045
- Reviewer Name: William Kelley
- Review Date: April 2023