Bettane & Desseauve (2023) 99 / 100

Extraordinaire harmonie de corps et de texture, fusion parfaite du boisé, grande longueur, toute notre équipe est admirative. Sommet du Médoc.

Decanter (2023) 98 / 100

One of my favourite 2022s, technically very brilliant but it’s the texture that wows, generous, fruity, sleek, supple, it gives stone and graphite touches putting the terroir in the glass and overall this just screams elegance and finesse and above all drinkability! Smooth and shiny, silky, sleek, delicious from the first sip. Mouthwatering acidity combined with tannins that have the perfect balance of flinty grip, fleshy fruit and cool minerality. Certainly not shouting, they haven't pushed too far at all, more restrained and refined while still delivering a gorgeous mouthful of wine. Classy and refreshing. Concentrated but clean, pure and vibrant. Wonderful, magical - giving the concentration of the hot vintage which is want you want, but this is moreish and so succulent. One you'll want to finish the glass and then have more immediately.

JM Quarin (2023) 100 / 100

Couleur noire, pourpre et brillante. Nez intense, fin, fruité, pur, complexe. L’agitation révèle le cassis sur un fond crémeux. Un mélange de frais et de chaud. Ample à l’attaque, riche en milieu de bouche, complexe, avec un port majestueux et une extraordinaire puissance dans la saveur, le vin fond au palais profond, long et noble. En finale apparaît un autre monde, interminable.

James Suckling (2023) 98 - 99 / 100

The Mouton-specific creme de cassis is all there. Al dente, too. The grapes must have been picked at near perfection. Depth and complexity. Black berries, earth, violets and other flowers. Full-bodied yet very hemmed-in with tight tannins, which are precise and polished. You can taste the grape skins and dust of the soil. The length is rather endless.

Jeb Dunnuck (2023) 98 - 100 / 100 Jeff Leve (2023) 99 / 100

Dark in color, and equally dark in fruit, this is a flamboyant, ostentatious, opulent, velvet-textured Mouton that is on the exotic side. Perhaps, this is a modern version of the 1982? The wine exudes its blackberry, boysenberry, chocolate, Asian spice, tobacco leaf, licorice, smoke, and cigar wrapper notes in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is incredibly dense. There is so much fruit, you wonder if it would be better eating this with a spoon, before taking another sip? The finish is rich, intense, velvety, long, and close to seamless, holding court for over 50 seconds. I love the touch of spice that shines before the wine fades from your palate. Drink from 2030-2065.

Markus del Monego (2023) 99 / 100 Parker (2023) 96 - 99 / 100

Unwinding in the glass with complex aromas of minty cassis, cigar wrapper, violets and subtle hints of loamy soil, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a layered core of fruit and a fleshy, elegantly muscular profile. Broad-shouldered and seamless, it concludes with a long, resonant finish.

RVF (2023) 98 - 99 / 100

C’est un Mouton superlatif qui est né en 2022, issu à 92 % des fameux cabernets de la propriété. Sa race est incroyable et il explose littéralement en bouche, avec un crémeux qui tapisse le palais de saveurs fruitées et épicées. Ce monstre est parti pour de longues décennies. Une légende est née.

Terre de Vins (2023) 98 - 99 / 100

C'est sa pulpe, sa texture de soie épaisse, son intensité, sa minéralité qui cueillent les papilles ! Les tanins ne se ressentent qu'en fin de dégustation, une fois appréciés l'harmonie d'ensemble et le fruité très cassis, particulièrement gourmand et frais. Construit pour durer et pour le plaisir du dégustateur, formidable !

Vert de Vin (2023) 100 / 100 Vinous (A. Galloni) (2023) 96 - 98 / 100

The 2022 Mouton Rothschild is a powerhouse. Inky, deep and explosive, the 2022 is a real head-turner. The combination of intense dark fruit, strong gravelly/mineral notes and imposing structure clearly bring to mind another great Mouton, and that is the 1986. In a word: magnificent.

Vinous (N. Martin) (2023) 96 - 98 / 100

Very deep, almost opaque in color. It is stubborn on the nose, at first, backward, then opens after 10 minutes with black plum, cassis and violet aromas. It is more voluptuous than the 2022 Lafite-Rothschild which is what you expect. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy and quite strict tannins (the IPT is 76), that frame layers of black fruit laced with tobacco and graphite. Powerful, almost burly, it is perhaps how the 1986 tasted in its youth. A Mouton-Rothschild determined to make a statement and it certainly does that. Feels a bit like tasting Thor's hammer at the moment, but it will just require considerable cellaring.

Appellation	Pauillac
Classement	1er Grand Cru Classé en 1855
Superficie	90 ha
Encépagement	Cabernet Sauvignon 81 % - Merlot 15 % - Cabernet Franc 3 % - Petit Verdot 1 %
Age moyen des vignes	47 ans
Sols et sous-sol	Graves, galets et graviers mêlés à des sables en partie argileux
Elevage	Barriques neuves 100 % durant 20 mois