2001 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac - Premier Grand Cru Classe 75cl / 12.5%

A bottle of 2001 Château Mouton Rothschild from Bordeaux's Pauillac appellation, featuring a label by Texan artist Robert Wilson.

'The 2001 is an amazing vintage that has inched forwards over the past 20 years, still muscular although always more elegant in its tannic frame than the 2000 vintage before it. I served it out of magnum, and if wines of the year are about emotions, this definitely deserves to be among them. I was given this bottle back in 2011 when I won the Prix Baron Philippe de Rothschild for my first book Bordeaux Legends, and I have kept it safely at home ever since. Honestly I should probably have waited another decade, as it was still young, but I had something special to celebrate, good friends coming over, and it seemed like the right moment. Definitely needs time in a carafe, but as it opened up, the creamy blackberry and cassis fruits began to show the traditional Mouton welcome, and coffee and woodsmoke curled out of the glass alongside grilled cedar and liqourice root. Patrick Léon technical director at the time. 95/100' Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, October 2021

This 2001 Chateau Mouton Rothschild sold at our online auction for £270