Château Mouton Rothschild 1961

€3,750.00*

Contents: 0.75 Liter (€5,000.00* / 1 Liter)

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Product number: JHW-6833

Filling level top to upper shoulder, capsule and label heavily damaged.

Product information

Before you buy a 61 Mouton Rothschild, find out how many owners you will be. If they can't tell you or if you are more than number 3 - don't bother! Mouton can be great, but not if it has already stood on various mantelpieces and in display cabinets or even shop windows. My first '61 Mouton in 1994 in Willi Krähling's big Mouton tasting must have been such a bottle. The magnum was simply flat. Better then in 1999 at another Mouton tasting, mint, eucalyptus, very nice Mouton, but lacking the great density - 95/100. Really good in 2000 in a Best Bottle, blindly recognised as a great Mouton, intense mint, some eucalyptus but also truffles, fully ripe, classic, wonderful Mouton - 97/100. And the most beautiful bottle 2001 in a tasting, saddle leather, mint, wonderful, classic Mouton, which is however further than the Latour drunk in comparison, dreamlike - 99/100. And nightmarish 2003 in a large Mouton tasting, an American bottle, clear brown tones, very far and far beyond a possible peak, broken. Most recently in 2007 in the Coburg, everything was just right again, saddle leather, mint, some eucalyptus but also truffles, a complex, great Mouton with an endless finish - 99/100 (source: wineterminator.com Dr. Becker)

Wine Advocate # 95, Oct 1994, Robert Parker 98, (Tasted 8 Times With Inconsistent Notes) I have found the 1961 Mouton-Rothschild to be distressingly variable in quality, much like the consistently inconsistent 1970. At its best the wine is a great Mouton. Huge, cedary, cassis, lead pencil, menthol-like aromas soared from the glass. The black/purple colour revealed no signs of lightening or amber at the edge. Full-bodied, rich, and super-intense, this was a a profound bottle of 1961 Mouton that would have stood up against the compelling 1959.

	Alcohol:	14
	Colour:	red
	Country:	France
	Filling quantity:	750 ml
	Flavour:	dry
	Grape variety:	Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
	Product type:	Wine
	Region:	Bordeaux
	Type of wine:	Red wine
	Vintage:	1961
	Producer:	Château Mouton Rothschild