750ml*6 Original Timber Case
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Awards, Ratings & Reviews
97/100 — Wine Enthusiast · 2012 Vintage · Tasting Date: Jan 2015
“This is a beautifully opulent wine, great Mouton in its richness and succulent fruits. It's combines structure and obvious new-wood aging with hugely ripe black plum and currant flavors. While it is a pleasure to taste now, there is a great tannic structure in the background to give the sense of power and aging potential. Drink from 2024.”
97/100 — Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux · 2012 Vintage · Tasting Date: Mar 2022 · Drinking Window: 2022–2045
96/100 — Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider · 2012 Vintage · Tasting Date: May 2015
“Deep ruby in color, with secondary aromas already peeking out of the perfume with its truffle, tobacco, leaf, cedar wood, vanilla, cassis, blackberry and peppery nose. Full bodied, lush and velvety, with a long, palate caressing finish, this is another winner in a long line of wines for Philippe Dhalluin. Made from a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the grapes were picked on the late side from October 1 to October 15. 96 Points”
96/100 — Gilbert & Gaillard · 2012 Vintage · Tasting Date: Apr 2013
“EN PRIMEUR - Toast and roasted coffee on the nose with subdued black fruit. Extremely elegant, full palate still under oak influence. The toasted coffee and oak aromas show a transient predominance but there is no doubt the wine is there.”
96/100 — The Wine Independent · 2012 Vintage · Tasting Date: Aug 2022 · Drinking Window: 2022–2047
96/100 — Decanter · 2012 Vintage · Tasting Date: Mar 2022 · Drinking Window: 2027–2045
About This Vintage
2012 was a year of contrasts. The winter was cold and very dry. The average temperature in February was the lowest for fifty years.
April brought cooler weather and abundant rainfall, while the weather in May and June was in-between. The flowering and veraison dates for Château Mouton Rothschild Cabernet Sauvignon were the same to the day as the average dates for all the vintages since 1962.
Exceptionally dry conditions prevailed from 20 July to 20 September, concentrating sugar and tannins in the grapes. The month of August was the fifth driest in the last fifty years. By the end of September, the aggregate amount of rainfall was 26% lower than the average since 1962 (435 mm compared with 589 mm).
Picking at Château Mouton Rothschild began on 1 October and ended on 15 October. 2012 will be a landmark year, since after almost three years of work the new vat room welcomed its first harvest.
Rich, deeply coloured, well-structured and very full-bodied, the 2012 vintage promises to be a great success.
Label Art
Miquel Barceló (1957-)
The illustration of the 2012 vintage was chosen personally by Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, who died on 22 August 2014. The commission was given to the Catalan painter and sculptor Miquel Barceló. Born in 1957, he is the creator of a universe that is both realistic and dreamlike, a realm of intense colour in which combinations of techniques and different materials give striking relief to the subject matter. His fresco for Mouton 2012 revisits the Château’s historical emblem. Its two rams, symmetrical and face-to-face, are a reminder that the balance and harmony of a great wine, already present in nature, still set a challenge to be met by the work of human hands.
Producer Notes
A dense and opaque, almost black colour with a very attractive violet glint.
The nose, patrician, refined, complex and expressive, mingles black fruit with aromas of blackcurrant and crushed blackberry, opening with airing to display more complex notes of cigar box and spice.
The attack is sumptuously full and substantial. The tannins are mature and crisp, enveloped in a beautiful body, dense and firm, that reveals chocolate and vanilla flavours.
On the palate, the wine displays an irresistible panache that leads into an utterly lovely, fresh, intense and mineral finish.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2012
- Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 90%, Merlot 8%, Cabernet Franc 2%
- Region: Pauillac / Médoc / Bordeaux / France
- Classification: 1er Grand Cru Classé
- Maturation: Oaked
- Oak Type: French
- Alcohol: 13%
- Sweetness: Dry
- Winemaker: Philippe Dhalluin
- Ownership: Baronne Philippine de Rothschild
- Closure: Cork
- Drinking Window: 2019–2050
