The 2010 Château Mouton Rothschild (94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot) is a deeply complex wine with aromas of black fruit, crème de cassis, black truffles, cedar, and subtle herbal notes. On the palate, it’s full-bodied with firm tannins, vibrant acidity, and a mineral finish. This wine shows incredible depth, balance, and elegance, making it suitable for long-term aging. Tasted in 2020, it has started to show tertiary flavors, adding complexity. The label was designed by artist Jeff Koons.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 100
Published: Nov 17, 2015

Clearly a perfect wine that shows incredible depth of fruit with currants, dark chocolate, minerals and licorice. Full-bodied, tight and wound up with ripe tannins that let go and seduce you. Makes me want to drink it now. But this is a wine for the long term. Extraordinary. 94% cabernet sauvignon. Better in 2020. 

Decanter | D 100
Published: Jan 30, 2020
Drink: 2025-2050

Smoked grilled tar on the nose, it feels both very 2010 and supremely Mouton - accomplished and confident. A more glamorous, enticing edge than the other Pauillac Firsts at this 10 year window. There are plentiful tannins but they are lined with air, and the overall feel is of plush, plumped fruits, like being rolled-up in luxurious sheets. It is very different in character to the other two Pauillac Firsts, but no less enjoyable. It feels higher in alcohol, more Cos than Lafite in terms of personality, in the way that Pichon Baron is more Latour than Comtesse, but it is nuanced and clever and surprising.
Closure: Natural Cork
Alcohol: 13.50%
Grapes: 94% Cabernet Sauvignon 6% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 98
Published: Mar 5, 2020
Drink: 2023-2060

Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Mouton Rothschild is a little closed to begin, slowly unfurling to reveal notes of baked black cherries, crème de cassis, blackberry compote and bouquet garni with suggestions of sweaty leather, pencil lead, cedar chest and black truffles plus a hint of crushed rocks. Full-bodied, the palate is solidly constructed of super firm, ripe, grainy tannins and lively acidity, framing the densely packed black fruit, finishing on a persistent mineral note. 

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 18++
Published: Apr 2, 2020
Drink: 2020-2040

Tasted blind. Deep garnet. A great combination of pure black fruit and a cedary herbal quality, just starting to show some tertiary savour and undergrowth. Lovely claret nose. Even with a tannic charge, this is so balanced and has great length.

Chateau-mouton-rothschild.com

The wine is a dark and intense red with a blueish tint. With Cabernet Sauvignon predominant, it displays a complex range of aromas. From lightly toasted vanilla notes, the nose opens with airing to reveal fruit aromas, especially blackcurrant and black cherry. The attack shows great complexity, while powerful and well-integrated tannins reveal exceptional depth and roundness. A fresh and mineral finish rounds off this highly elegant wine.

Illustration of the label: Jeff Koons (1955)