Chteau Mouton Rothschild 1998

Blend: 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc
Drinking Window: 2008-2043

95 Points – Jeb Dunnuck
“A blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 1998 Chteau Mouton Rothschild comes from a vintage that saw beautiful early season weather but rain in September and October that made the vintage more complicated for the Mdoc and Graves region. A more medium to full-bodied effort, it has terrific complexity in its red and black currant fruits as well as smoked tobacco, loamy earth, spice box, and chocolate. Balanced, elegant, and silky on the palate, its oak is perfectly integrated, it has fine tannins, and its smack in the middle of its prime drinking window.”