WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 937; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1997 which is 895. The average score for Château Mouton Rothschild is 926, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Mouton Rothschild they use words like Fruit, Cassis, Full, Black, Rich, Ripe, Tannins, Powerful, Oak, Classic, Sweet, Tannin, Purple, Opulent, Fine. The 1997 shares some of these characteristics. The wine has been ready to drink for 8 years (since 2008) and should be consumed now (2016). It normally takes wines from Château Mouton Rothschild around 12 years to be ready to start drinking, and 21 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Latour 1989, Château Margaux 2010, Château Batailley 2010, Château Latour 2008, Château Margaux 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Margaux 2008, Château Léoville-Barton 2008, Château Langoa-Barton 1996.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château Mouton Rothschild 1997
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
307 |