1992 Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

1992 Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

AVOID AT ALL COSTS
Don't let the first growth status fool you! Bordeaux w s like property's three magic words: location, location and location. For Bordeaux, it would be vintage, vintage and vintage. In a poor vintage, nobody can help even the best vineyard produced good wines, not Michel Rolland, nor any star oenologist, as Mother Nature was cruel but fair.
1992 was a really frosted year, this wine was so weak and diluted that any AOC wine from 90 can kick the ass of this first growth extremely bad.

1 Oct 2014
The wine has beautiful depth of colour, almost black with a blueish tint. The nose is complex, with notes of blackberry and redcurrant and a touch of smoke, revealing still discreet oak. The attack is full and generous, while the tannins elegantly enfold flavours of liquorice, mocha and vanilla. The finish is long and flavoursome, full of freshness and fruit, set off by delicious touches of toast. A vintage as elegant as it is promising.
Amongst first growth, Mouton Rothschild is like a roller coaster wine, on a good vintage, it's shockingly good, but on a poor vintage, it's like garbage. This 1992 belonged to the garbage category, any wine on the 90 or 96 can make this Mouton 92 pale. It was a terrible garbage, but given that it was a frosty vintage, a very bad year, they should not hv produced any wine to upkeep it's reputation.