97/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
It is immediately obvious this is a great wine. It has power with subtlety and great balance. Concentration, length, drive, all delivered with wonderful textural refinement and purity. It's fruit- sweet, and the velvet tannins caress the palate. Succulent. It's in its prime. (12.5% alc.)
Tasted: 24/04/2019
Drink: to 2029
90 Points Robert Parker
Notorious for not living up to the estate’s nor the vintage’s reputations, I have to say this 1990 Mouton Rothschild was not looking nearly as bad as I was expecting. This was a hot, dry vintage, which can be a challenge for vines on such free-draining soils as the deep gravel-mounds composing the backbone of Mouton’s vineyards. The effect of the struggling vines is apparent in the wine, yielding less density and chewier tannins. Nonetheless, the terroir's pedigree clearly glimmers in the background.
Reviewed by
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date
1st Nov 2019 Drink 2019 - 2030.
Source: Robert Parker.