WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 822; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 854. The average score for Château Mouton Rothschild is 929, making this a below 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 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Château Mouton Rothschild: Silver, Brioche, Masculinity, Cocoa, Walnut, Tension, Challenging, Triumph, Prunes, Succulence. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.64%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2011 (12.5% vs 13.13%). The wine will be ready to drink in 5 years (in 2021) and should be consumed within the next 24 years (by 2040). 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 2005, Château Margaux 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Léoville-Las Cases 2009, Château Calon-Ségur 2005, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2011.
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 2011
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
382 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
229 |