1996 Le Petit Mouton
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Tasting notes
Score 16/20 · Drink 2008-2018, Jancis Robinson MW, Sep 2006
Very dark yet with a very promising sheen to it. Deep, brooding, intense. This does not taste like a second wine (even though it’s in a supposedly second wine flight)! Very luscious and velvety. Rather furry tannins on the finish but clearly very ambitious. Almost over-extracted but it has the fruit intensity to stand the tannic charge. Unusually for a second wine, not ready to drink. Very dry finish. Second favourite! (second wine) (JR)
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16
16/20
Jancis Robinson MW
About the producer
Mouton Rothschild
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.