2022 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Le Petit Mouton Pauillac

The famous Chateau Mouton Rothschild was promoted to a higher category in 1973 as the only chateau to date and joined the elite of the Premiers Grand Crus. The wines of Baroness Philipine de Rothschild are known for their changing label per harvest, each time with an image by a different artist. The character of the wine is characterized by red berries and cedar wood, with an expansion of more than 10% Merlot in the last decade. Château Mouton-Rothschild is world famous. It is located in Bordeaux in Pauillac, on the border with Saint-Estèphe. It is located next to another famous wine estate: Château Lafite-Rothschild. The wine estate covers 74 hectares and a lot of Cabernet Sauvignon, but also Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are grown. Especially when fully ripe, the Mouton-Rothschild can be recognized by its bouquet, pure Cabernet Sauvignon. Le Petit Mouton is the second label of Mouton Rothschild which consists of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Around 29% of the total vineyards of Mouton are used for Le Petit Mouton. The 2022 vintage is noted as a dry and mild one. A few heat waves and lots of sunshine ensured a good start to the vines growing. The grapes were picked from 1st to 26th September. The 2022 Le Petit Mouton shares much of the character of the Grand Vin, offering a rich bouquet of cassis, dark berries, roasted espresso and tobacco, followed by a medium to full, velvety and layered palate that is meaty and concentrated. FACT: Under the tab: Attachment you will find the official factsheet and we will send it to you digitally when you order this wine. Also worth mentioning that we buy the (Bordeaux) wines directly and never through intermediaries because then we do not know which journeys the wine has made and how it has been treated. The wines come from the cellars of the Chateau directly to our conditioned Warehouse in Dordrecht where all our wines are stored