CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 2000
- This is a long-term prospect for prospective purchasers given the fact that most Moutons made with this level of extract and tannin need 15-20 years of cellaring (look at the still infant 1982 and 1986).
- Phenomenal concentration and extract, and a huge nose of smoke, creme de cassis, truffles, and new saddle leather
- A wine of enormous constitution and awesome power, but neophytes and readers unwilling to invest twenty years of cellaring should look elsewhere. If the tannin becomes more integrated, and the wine increasingly seamless, it will merit its lofty rating. However, if the tanninbecomes more abrasive, or the wine totally shuts down, the score will drop.
