JAMES SUCKLING: "A firm and compact Mouton with a powerful tannin frame for the vintage, yet it remains fine and precise as it opens to a velvety texture. Black fruit with tar, pencil lead and tobacco. Driven and firm. A little angular and tight at the moment. 89% cabernet sauvignon, 10% merlot and 1% cabernet franc."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2021 Mouton Rothschild is a terrific wine in the making, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries and wild berries mingled with notions of violets, espresso roast, pipe tobacco and mint. Medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, it's a layered, enveloping wine that's ample and concentrated, with succulent acids, melting tannins and a long, resonant finish. A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc that attained 13.1% alcohol, this is a demonstrative, sensual Mouton that's the fruit of extreme selection, and that may well make my score seem conservative with further élevage. Bravo to the talented Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy and his team." - William Kelley

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarter Wasserrand. Feine Edelholzwürze, schwarze Waldbeeren, zart nach Cassis und kandierten Orangenzesten, etwas Nelken, typisches Bukett. Saftig, elegant, reife Kirschen, feine, seidige Tannine, mineralisch und frisch, ein ausgewogener Wein, bereits zugänglich, finessenreich und mit recht guter Länge ausgestattet, feiner Nougatnachhall." - Peter Moser