This is now a little tight but shows firmness and raciness with pretty austerity. Full and tight with silky tannins and a long, fresh finish. Firm acidity is holding it back. Needs two or three years to open. Better in 2018. – jamessuckling.com, Nov 2015

This was as you would expect: incredibly tight, focused, correct and masculine. With supple texture and firm tannins there wasn’t much fruit at this early stage - however the finish gave a haunting whisper of violets and cassis which lingered long. It’s clearly a top-drawer glass of cabernet, arguably not much joy showing at this stage but undoubtedly this will become a very good Mouton (Also worth saying that the Petit Mouton was much more approachable at this stage, showing juicy fruit and zippy freshness.)

[90CS/7M/3CF] Soft, fragrant, ripe fruit and mineral nose, a touch new wood cedary; effortlessly balanced wine of moderate concentration, but lovely overall harmony, with a firm, fine grained tannin and freshly defining acidity, long and subtle to taste, gently ripe in flavour, gently mineral in aromas, a fine tenacity of flavour, all at a mezzoforte dynamic, with the firm tannin texture more apparent on the back palate, followed by a fine, sweet fruited persistence. Refined, harmonious, elegant Mouton, slender but complete. Firm texture suggests this will need 15 years. 2025-40 [M.Schuster, Bordeaux Mar/Apr 2012]

Tasted twice, two weeks apart at the property. The 2011 is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc (the first time it has been blended since 2005) and cropped at 30.1hl/ha. It has a tightly wound Cabernet nose with graphite and cedar aromas, blackberry and a touch of cassis. Leaving the glass to one side, there is fine minerality and delineation here. The palate is very composed on the entry with supple tannins that are a little thicker and more saturated than Lafite. This has very good density, more like Latour than Lafite and a silver thread of acidity (pH 3.8). It has superb precision and tension on the finish that does not quite possess the persistency that a great vintage would have given. But this is still very impressive: a quintessential Mouton that may warrant a higher mark after bottling. – eRobertParker.com, May 2012

The evolved, fresh, mid-weight 2011 Mouton-Rothschild is charming and complete. It is an over-achieving effort in a challenging vintage with supple tannins, notes of cedarwood, forest floor, underbrush, licorice, graphite and red and blackcurrants. Medium-bodied, lush and sexy, it can be consumed over the next 10-15+ years. 92 points – Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #216, Dec 2014)

90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc. Lots of temporary vat houses while the work was going on.
Light and a bit disjointed. Bit of chocolate, bit of acid, bit jagged. Lots of structure. Drink: 2022-2035 – jancisrobinson.com, Juillet 2015