2001 Mouton-Rothschild
France
Pauillac
Bordeaux
Red
86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
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2021 - 2055
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Mouton produced just 28 hectoliters per hectare in 2003, and largely due to the low crop level a high 87% of the fruit will go into the grand vin, according to maitre de chai Gerard Linaires. The chateau is trying more than ever before to translate the natural balance of the fruit each vintage into the finished wine, said Linaires. Since 1999, a three-day pre-fermentation cold maceration has been carried out, and the vinification is now gentler, according to Linaires, who added that Mouton is now using slightly less toasty barrels. Interestingly, the 2003 Mouton has higher acidity (3.6 grams per liter) than the 2002, as well as a slightly lower indice des polyphenols totaux (72, vs. 74). A double triage is now done for both Mouton and Clerc-Milon, with sub-par fruit eliminated both before and after the destemming.
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New technical director Jean-Paul Polaert compares the 2002 Mouton to the '96 but feels the 2002 is silkier and suaver at an early stage. The Mouton cabernet came in with potential alcohol of 12.5%, and the merlot was as high as 14%.
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According to caviste Dominique Garcia, Mouton-Rothschild picked its 2001 cabernet sauvignon during the first third of October, bringing in grapes with about the same potential alcohol, 11.5%, as the previous year. The chateau carried out a considerably stricter selection in 2001, reserving just 66% of the crop for its grand vin, down from a rather high 85% in 2000. But the cabernet component in '00 seems far richer and deeper.
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