100 Robert Parker
Composed of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the 2016 Mouton Rothschild has an opaque garnet-purple color. WOW—the nose explodes from the glass with powerful blackcurrant cordial, black raspberries, blueberry pie and melted chocolate notions, plus suggestions of aniseed, camphor, lifted kirsch and the faintest waft of a subtle floral perfume in the background. Full-bodied, concentrated, bold and totally seductive in the mouth, it has very fine-grained, silt-like tannins, while jam-packed with tightly wound fruit layers, finishing in this wonderful array of mineral sparks. Magic.
98 Wine Spectator
A generous, pure and lush ball of Cabernet, with wave after wave of unadulterated cassis and blackberry puree flavors rolling through. Features notes of roasted apple wood and sweet tobacco, offset by a long tug of sweet earth, but that's all background music to the impressive core of fruit, which steams along like a cruise ship with enough stores in reserve to go around the world twice without stopping. Best from 2025 through 2045. — JM
19 Rene Gabriel
Kunz Fassprobe 17: (83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot) Dichtes, samtenes, komplexes, frisches, süsses Bouquet, Cassiscreme, fein Pflaumen, Minze, Mocca. Cremiger, fein opulenter, dichter, vielschichtiger Gaumen mit kräftiger, süsser Aromatik, dichter, samtener Struktur, viel feinem Tannin, voller, süsser Frucht, sehr langer, frischer Abgang.