Description

2003 Bordeaux wine – 2003 Château Mouton Rothschild from Arden Fine Wines in London.

Contact us here with any queries.

Order a customised gift box here.

Château Mouton Rothschild – From Marquis to Barons

Château Mouton Rothschild took its present name after Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild acquired it in 1853.

For many years, however, Mouton aroused little interest among its owners.

Moreover, they were unwilling to make the journey to a then-neglected region.

It was a red-letter day when, in 1922, Baron Philippe de Rothschild took in hand the destiny of the estate.

Then, in 1924, Baron Philippe decided to bottle all the wine at the château.

Previously, the merchants took the wine in barrels.

This decision, soon embraced by others, meant that the château had to increase its storage space.

Therefore the architect Charles Siclis designed the spectacular Grand Chai (Great Barrel Hall) at Mouton, which they built in 1926.

2003 Bordeaux wine – Château Mouton Rothschild 2003

The 2003 vintage of Château Mouton Rothschild is a full-bodied, rich, and powerful Pauillac red wine known for its opulent fruit flavours and firm tannins, produced during a historic heatwave vintage.

The wine’s label commemorates the 150th anniversary of the estate’s purchase by the Rothschild family.

The nose is intensely aromatic, offering notes of blackcurrant, cedarwood, caramel, and ripe fruits, with more complex notes of fine oak, vanilla, and mocha emerging with time.

It is a rich, full-bodied wine with a frank attack and velvety tannins.

Flavours of black fruit, dark chocolate, and espresso mingle with savoury nuances of leather and roasted herbs.

The finish is expressive, long, powerful, and silky.

This is a powerful, tannic, and concentrated wine.

The wine’s structure has allowed it to evolve beautifully over several decades.

Mouton 2003 is close to full maturity and can be enjoyed now after careful decanting, but it has the structure to age for many more years.