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The 2020 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2024): 94/100 “The 2020 Le Petit Mouton has a seductive bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit, cedar and  pencil lead, seeming to gain precision in the glass-very classic in style. the palate is medium-bodied with a sweet core of cassis and blackberry fruit, very composed and very pure. A cashmere-textured finish fans out gloriously. This is a seriously fine Pauillac for long-term  cellaring (written before its identity was revealed).”

Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 94/100

The 2018 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 93/100 "Just as it was from barrel, the 2018 Le Petit-Mouton is fleshy, radiant and very easy to enjoy. Soft contours and silky tannins add to its considerable allure. Because of low yields, the Petit-Mouton was aged entirely in new oak. Rich, sumptuous and bold to the core, the 2018 is a rock star wine."

The 2017 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2019): 92+/100 "The 2017 Le Petit-Mouton is endowed with tremendous richness and intensity. Deep, ample and structured, it is brimming with inky red and purplish berry fruit, pomegranate, spice, leather, blood orange, white pepper and wild flowers. The potent, plush 2017 is full of explosive energy that is just waiting to be unleashed."

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin (September 2023): 97/100 “Dark, purple, youthful color. Very aromatic nose, fine, fruity, fresh and ripe at the same time. Smoky when the glass is shaken. Meticulous on entry, particularly tasty in the middle, with graceful touch and a body that melts delicately, the wine evolves on moderate power, towards a great finish that leaves room for aroma. Particularly harmonious tannic extraction. No austerity for the vintage.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - February 2022): 99/100 “The 2019 Mouton Rothschild has come together beautifully since I tasted it from barrel; Today, it is unquiestionably one of the wines of the vintage. Powerful and statuesque in its beauty. Mouton is remarkable in every way. Layers of dark-toned fruit confer seriousness and intensity that builds with time. All of the finesseI saw in barrel is still present. Since then, the 2019 has gained flesh and vibrancy. Magnificent."

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The 2016 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin (October 2021): 100/100 “Deep, intense, dark color. Very aromatic nose, fine, fruity, complex and creamy. Ample on the attack, velvety and fleshy in the mid-palate, then rich, powerful yet melting, this wine multiplies all the gustatory registers. The finish is complex, savory, with a noble touch, great flavor and immense length. And even after spitting it out, something suave and delicious happens. What a wonder to say so much with such a moderate alcohol level!”

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2019): 100/100 “A towering, thrilling wine, the 2016 Mouton Rothschild is unbelievably beautiful today. Aromatics, fruit density and vertical structure all come together. In the glass, the 2016 is remarkably vivid and powerful, and yet a gentler, more feminine side emerges with time in the glass. The intense, mineral, savory profile recalls the 1986, but the 2016 has more grace, inner sweetness and sophistication than that wine. Even so , the 2016 is going to need at least a number of years in bottle before it starts drinking well, although it won't be the bruiser the 1986 remains to this day. This is breathtaking wine from Mouton, Tecnical Director Philippe Dhalluin and his team."

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The 2015 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2019): 95/100 "The 2015 Mouton-Rothschild has more fruit intensity on the nose than the 2015 Château Margaux and also more red than black fruit: the raspberry and wild strawberry scents are more expressive than the blackberry and biary ones. The oak is neatly integrated here, altough I would have loked a little more delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and vivacious red and black fruit, though it is the silky texture that really wins you over. There's not a single hair out of place on the finish."

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The 2011 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - September 2021): 92/100 "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."

The 2012 vintage « a major success of the vintage » has obtained 94/100 by Wine Advocate.

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The 2007 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2016): 94/100 "The 2007 Mouton-Rothschild is a gorgeous wine, especially within the context of the vintage. Open, expressive aromatics and forward fruit make the 2007 an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next two decades or so. Although the 2007 is not an epic Mouton, it is without question one of the best recent vintages for current drinking. Smoke, tobacco, cedar and licorice add the closing shades of nuance."

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The 2006 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2016): 92/100 "The 2006 Mouton-Rothschild is dark, powerful and intense, with firm tannins that need time to soften. This is an especially dark, somber Mouton. dark black fruit, smoke, menthol gravel and cured meats are some of the signatures. Slight vegetal notes underpin the fruit. I am not sure the 2006 has enough freshness to be a long-term ager or the depth of fruit to outlast tannins."

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The 2020 vintage in the press:

Hachette (Guide 2024) : Coup de ♥ “With admirable depth, a Lafite on elegance rather than power.”

La Revue du Vin de France (November 2023): 100/100 “Spectacular and verging on perfection. It shows absolute distinction and elegance. The pinnacle of Cabernet aristocracy, falling into the mouth like a tailor-made suit. The alliance of power and elegance”.

Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 98/100

Vinous (N. Martin - December 2022): 98/100 "The 2020 Lafite-Rothschild, which contains the highest proportion of Merlot since the 2016, hit the bull's eye from barrel. Revisiting the wine in the bottle since July, it still bursts from the glass with copious blackberries, touches of bluberry and juniper, pencil lead of crushed stone. Wonderful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with finely-chiseled tannins, quite linear and "correct"- aquintessential Lafite-Rothschild in many ways. It gently builds in the mouth while keeping a restraint on things, finishing with fine sapidity yet a little more juiciness than you would have found a decade or two earlier. This has the potential to evolve beautifully over several decades."

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The 2008 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - March 2018): 94/100 "The 2008 Lafite-Rothschild put in a strange showing at the previous horizontal just a few weeks earlier. This bottle is much better. it has a deep color with little ageing on the rim. On the nose there is ample fruit, blackberry and bilberry with notes of pencil lead and sage, but overall there is just more intensity than the previous bottle. The palate is well balanced with fine grain tannin and good density, a facet occasionally lacking in Lafite-Rothschild. There is just a touch of brown sugar and sage towards the finish that fortunately does not attenuate like the previous bottle. This is much more representative and whilst not the best First Growth of the vintage, it certainly shows more sophistication and class even if it does not match its more stellar showings just after bottling."

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The 2007 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - March 2018): 93/100 "The 2007 Lafite-Rothschild is a strong performer in what was a challenging growing season. At 11 years of age the 2007 is beginning to drink well with blackberry, briary, graphite and smoke on the nose, perhaps still that old touch of antique buerau. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins and tobacco, well balanced yet typically understated on the finish. The 2007 is not the greatest Lafite-Rothschild for sure, but it should offer 15 to 20 years of drinking pleasure."

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The 1999 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - September 2019): 92/100 "Personally, I have liked this First Growth since I first tasted it in barrel. Now 20 years old, it is beginning to show a little bricking ion the rim. The bouquet is clean and detailed, with black currant, raspberry, melted tar and cedardeveloping in the glass (but less of the allspice that I observed in previous bottles). The palate is medium-bodied and maybe more compact than expected, possibly due to this being ex-cellar. While not a concentrated Lafite-Rothschild, it is very harmonious and elegant, brushed with a subtle pepperiness toward the finish and a tang of dried orange peel on the aftertaste. Delightful."

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The 2014 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - February 2017): 90/100 "The 2014 Lilian Ladouys is soft, plump and incredibly appealing. Bright red cherry, raspberry, rose petal, mint and sweet spice notes are all pushed forward. This is an absolutely delicious, joyous bottle of wine to enjoy for its primary fruit and raciness."

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 92/100 “The 2019 vintage is tasting very well today, with a noble beginning of evolution on the nose, notes of tobacco, cedar and pepper. On the palate, the wine is melted and firmly in place, stretched out by supple tannins.”

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2023): 92/100 “The 2019 Tronquoy-Lalande has a concentrated nose with fairly intense black fruits, hints of boysenberry, a little richer than some of its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with a dense, powerful, almost plodding entry, very saline on the palate, but I'm looking for more precision and finesse on the finish. This could well develop over time. Tasted blind at Southwold's annual tasting.”

The 2012 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2022): 90/100 "The 2012 Tronquoy-Lalande has a slightly meatier/dried blood tinged bouquet with scents of melted tar coming through with time and later a distant touch of mint. The palate is medium-bodied with rather rustic tannins. A bold Saint-Estèphe that lacks a bit of grace, ferrous and overtly spicy on the finish."

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2025): 93/100 "The 2022 Ormes de Pez, aged in 45% new oak, has a very perfumed and pure bouquet featuring black cherry, raspberry, cedar and iodine scents. Perhaps it needs a little more Saint-Estèphe character to filter through? The palate is medium-bodied and well balanced, with grainy tannins and a core of black fruit mixed with cracked black pepper and a pinch of sea salt. There is pleasing sapidity and a touch of graphite lingering on the Pauillac-styled aftertaste. This is very fine."

J-M Quarin (February 2025): 93/100 "Beautiful dark red. Intense nose with ripe fruit. The palate is fascinating for its juicy character, its full body in the middle and its long, savoury finish with fatty tannins."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 92/100 “This is a very greedy, deliciously fruity wine with undeniable charm.”

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2023): 91/100 “The 2021 Ormes de Pez is quite striking on the nose, brinier than i recall from barrel, with lifted blackberry and boysenberry fruit and a touch of balsamic. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, again, very saline in the mouth and slightly granular in texture, with black olive tapenade toward the finish. Quite feisty at the moment, give this three or four years in bottle.”

The 2020 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (September 2023): 94/100 “Always admirably crafted, the wine is particularly good in 2020 with truly superb brilliance and admirable definition of fruit. Elegant yet intense, with elegant tannins, it is already irresistible.”

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2024): 92/100 “The 2020 Ormes de Pez has a more open nose than its peers, leaning more toward red fruit as hints of potpourri and rosemary lend complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins. There's quite a lot of finish. It will require cellaring for several years before it entertains drinkability.”

The 2010 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2020): 91/100 "The 2010 Les Ormes de Pez has a ripe and fruit-driven bouquet with tons of wild strawberry and undergrowth notes, well defined if not quite as complex as its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins. Good acidity, nicely proportioned with a touch of spice on the finish, this constitutes one of the more approachable Saint-Estèphe wines."

The 2009 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2019): 91/100 "The 2009 Les Ormes de Pez has a strange nose at first, a little distant and missing the same fruit intensity as its peers. There is a slight dustiness here that translates over the palate. Good fruit concentration and grip, just a touch of greenness around edges with a welcome dash of spice towards the finish. Thoroughly enjoyable if just missing some finesse."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 93/100 “A dense wine, still a little under the influence of its wood, but with potential. Prieur, much more supple, can be drunk now."

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2023): 92/100 “The 2021 Meyney, which has been on a strong run of form of late, has a lovely bouquet with vivid red berry fruit, crushed stone and orange rind scents that are focused and lively. The palate is medium-bodied with a structured opening (as you would expect), more fruit concentration than its peers and a truffle-tinged finish. This will cruise nicely over the next 15 to 20 years.”

The 2020 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (September 2023): 95/100 “The wine is solidly constituted but also very racy, and finds its balance. It has plenty of substance and superb tannin definition, which harmonize on the finish.”

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2024): 93/100 “The 2020 Meyney has a crisp, focused and detailed bouquet with precise blackberry, blueberry and cedar scents that are almost Pauillac in style. The palate is medium-bodied with impressive concentration on the entry, layers of licorire-tinged black fruit and peppery finish that wants to make a statement; But it's just a bit squidgy. It will require five or six years in bottle just to shave its edges.”

J-M Quarin (June 2023): 92/100 “Dark, intense and beautiful color. Very aromatic, fruity, creamy and slightly truffled nose. Meticulous on entry, refined to the touch, very aromatic, the wine develops on a graceful general bearing. It melts in the finish, fragrant, long, sappy and very good”.

The 2019 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2023): 95/100 “The 2019 Meyney has a divine bouquet, so pure and winsome with floral red berry scents, beautifully integrated new oak and superb precision. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy to the point where you can almost overlook the backbone of this Saint-Estèphe. It could have been blowsy, yet it retains superb balance and feels luxuriant and long on the finish. This is a stellar showing easily eclipsing its performances either in barrel of just after bottling. ”

La Revue du Vin de France (December 2022): 95/100 “The cru has a fantastic terroir, worthy of a classified growth. This explains why it enjoys an admirable reputation, well-deserved in view of the many great wines that have been produced here. Some very fine old vintages can still be found (such as the admirable 1986 or 1989). However, the château doesn't make wines for wine-lovers in a hurry, like the 2019s or 2018s; a decade in the cellar is essential to fully enjoy them.”

J-M Quarin (March 2022): 91/100 “Very aromatic nose, fine, fruity, pure and subtle. Caressing on the attack, very fruity in the mid-palate and rather perfumed for a Saint-Estèphe, the wine offers a distinguished tannic framework with persistence.”

The 2018 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (december 2022): 94/100 “This wine has a fantastic terroir, worthy of a classified growth. This explains why it enjoys an admirable reputation, well-deserved in view of the many great wines that have been produced here. Some very fine old vintages can still be found (such as the admirable 1986 or 1989). However, the château doesn't make wines for wine-lovers in a hurry, like the 2019s or 2018s; a decade in the cellar is essential to fully enjoy them.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 93/100 "The 2018 Meyney is every as impressive as it was en primeur. Technical Director Anne Le Naour has done a terrific job in reining in some of the excess weight and power of previous vintages, but without sacrificing richness. Classy and layered, Meyney boasts fabulous depth and tons of character. Ripe red/purplish fruit, spice, blood orange, smoke and incense are some of the many aromas and flavors that mesh together.[...] The 2018 Meyney is a wine of immense oleasure. Best of all, it is tremendous value."