Mouton Rothschild - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml and well-integrated alcohol and tannin

and well-integrated alcohol and tannin

This is an exceptionally promising wine that is still hiding behind a rather primary display of fruit

This is the best group of wines I have ever tasted from Robert Craig Winery

It feels fresh and focused

Tasted November 2014

Mouton Rothschild - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml and well-integrated alcohol and tanninThe 2005 Chteau Mouton Rothschild is a deeply impressive First Growth. It has been blessed with a sensational nose that comes racing out of the blocks with audacious scents of black fruit, cedar, smoke and pencil box (Philippe Dhalluin mentioned that the signature smokiness fireside hearth was tangible in around 80% of the vats during levage). There is a sense of bravura here, of aristocracy. The palate is medium bodied with sumptuous black fruit,