95 Wine Spectator
This delivers a gorgeously pure beam of cassis and cherry compote, with singed apple wood, graphite and iron notes hanging in the background for now. Long and polished through the finish, showing serious depth in reserve. Best from 2018 through 2035. –JM
18 Rene Gabriel
90 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 % Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Süsses, ausladendes Bouquet, viel Sandelholz, Zedern, rote Kirschen und auch das berühmte Mouton-Cassis zeigend, nobel und erhaben im Ansatz. Samtiger Gaumen, veloursartige Textur mit schön fülligen und auch süss ausstrahlenden Tanninen. Im Gegensatz zur Lafite- und Latour-Primeurprobe weiss man hier deutlich, was man hier in etwa 12 Jahren zu erwarten hat; einen wunderschönen Singing-Mouton! warten (2020 - 2052)
92 Robert Parker
Tasted at the Mouton-Rothschild vertical in London, the 2011 Mouton-Rothschild is probably the "weakest" of the releases between 2008 and 2012, although that would be unfairly disparaging what is a perfectly respectable, if rather unexciting Mouton. Here, it has those graphite and cedar aromas present and correct, the former a little more accentuated and with a light sea-spray note emerging with time. The palate is well balanced with cedar and a slight peat-like note infusing the black fruit, rigid in its youth but nicely delineated. As I discerned out of barrel, what it lacks is that peacock's tail on the finish, bolting out of the exit door before you have really got to know each other. Tasted April 2016.
92 Vinous
The 2011 Mouton-Rothschild feels surprisingly reduced on the nose and needed a lot of coaxing. Leather, mocha, liquorice develops in the glass, quite bretty compared to its peers. The palate is medium-bodied, fleshy and ripe, that mocha translating over from the nose, minty with touches of white pepper on the finish. A very decent Pauillac, a solid rather than spectacular effort from Mouton this year. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.