バックヴィンテージの中でも【400点ヴィンテージ】として人気が高い『ムートン2016』。 
         
         ラベルはWilliam
         Kentridge(南アフリカ、ヨハニスベルグ生まれ)が担当。 
         
         メドックの格付けの頂点に立つシャトー。毎年変わる著名画家によるラベルも話題!ワインは濃いルビー色で十分なタンニンとコクをもつバランスのとれた味わい。
           
         
         
            
               
                  「気候学的観点からみると、2016年のポィヤックにおける天候は、以下の二つに分断できるでしょう。 
                  
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                  極めて温度が高かった冬と春:最初の4ヶ月間で寝ん降水量の半分以上の降雨が記録されています。1月の降水量は240ミリメートルと記録的な数値でした。 
                  
                  ー 極めて乾燥した夏と秋:
                  まとまった雨はなく、シズン終盤には水分不足状態に陥りました。(中略)8月および9月は良好な気温に恵まれ、ブドウはゆっくりと厳粛に熟度を進めました。収穫は9月26日にメルロから始まり、絶好のコンディションのもと、10月14日まで続けられました。(中略) 
                  
                  2016年は、その濃密さと肉付きの良さから、21世紀生まれの偉大なるヴィンテージと肩を並べる仕上りです。」
                    
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                  作品に描かれたのは「バッカスの勝利」。ティツアーノからマティスまで、巨匠たちの作品に登場する酒に酔いしれる人々。彼らを想起させるシルエットが陽気にパレードする場面をとらえています。グランヴァンとは、そもそも悦びをもたらす源であり、文化的価値を形成する要素のひとつでもあります。それには敬意と節度が求められます・・・シャトー・ムートン・ロートシルトの2016年に対してはなおさらです!』
                    
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          Chateau Mouton Rothschild ホームページより(モトックス訳を転記) 
          
         
         参考:2016評価  
         
         100James
         Suckling 
         
         Dark ruby, purple color. Aromas of blackcurrants, black
         truffle, crushed stone, licorice and hints of tar.
         Full-bodied, deep and vertical on the palate, drawing you in
         and down. The structure is very tannic and powerful, yet the
         tannins are folded into the wine. One of the most powerful
         Moutons ever for me. Try after 2027. 
         
         100Robert Parker's
         Wine Advocate 
         
         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  
         
         100Jeb Dunnuck 
         
         Along with the
         Chateau Lafite, the 2016 Chateau Mouton Rothschild is the
         wine of the vintage from the Medoc and is a truly profound,
         magical, blockbuster wine in every sense. It’s based on 83%
         Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc
         and Petit Verdot, raised in new French oak. Boasting a
         saturated purple color as well as an extraordinary bouquet
         of thick black fruits, lead pencil shavings, new saddle
         leather, and burning embers, with just a hint of its oak
         upbringing, this beauty hits the palate with a mammoth
         amount of fruit and texture yet stays fresh, pure, and light
         on its feet, with a thrilling sense of minerality as well as
         building tannins on the finish. It’s one of the most
         profound young wines I’ve ever tasted, and while it will
         probably keep for three-quarters of a decade, it offers
         pleasure even today. Bravo!  
         
         99Decanter 
         
         A higher level of
         acidity than is usual for Mouton is buttressed by waves of
         fruit and tannin. It's a modern take on 1986 that shows the
         most wonderful precision of creme caramel, liquorice,
         blackcurrant, creme de cassis and cedar. it's opulent but
         also has great tension through the palate - a monumental
         Mouton that for me has gained in stature over the past two
         years of ageing. The idea of a drinking window almost feels
         like a mirage - the perfect moment is likely to recede into
         the distance time and time again. It could be drunk in the
         next decade perhaps, but it's going to take 20 years or more
         to really get into its stride. Easily one of the wines of
         the vintage, for me this is showing even better than during
         en primeur. 1% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. 
          
         
         98Wine
         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.
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