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Dark ruby-red color.
Black truffle and berry nose.
Well-balanced on the palate, with round tannin and black fruit flavors.
This wine ends rather abruptly and lacks concentration. It would be an exaggeration to speak of dilution, but together with Pichon Baron, many Pauillac wines seem to have suffered from the rainy weather in September 1994.
Drink 2004 - 2010.

This is the first 1997 Mouton I have tasted since buying a case of 6 bottles five years ago. It was enjoyed over 2 days.
First of all, I admire the attractive label by Niki de Saint-Phalle – sober and eccentric, traditional and baroque, featuring both warm colors and a fresh design.
The wine has a luminous crimson color although it is not particularly deep.
The bouquet is relatively closed-in and oaky to begin with, but improves and becomes more complex 2 hours after decanting, at which point initial oaky aromas are replaced by wonderful overtones of vanilla, red fruit (blackcurrant and wild strawberry), and spice (nutmeg).
There is still some greenish tannin and a slightly bitter taste on the palate.
The second half of the bottle, consumed the following evening, was quite different.
The bouquet was more open and complex, and the initial oakiness had given way to beautiful fruit (blackcurrant) and clove aromas.
It was much more enjoyable on the palate too.
This wine had become decidedly more round, and its overall quality had clearly improved.
Furthemore, the previous bitterness had almost totally disappeared and there was a slight lactic taste. The finish was concentrated, but showed a touch of oxidation.
This wine will probably continue to improve over the coming years and should reach its peak in 2008-2012.

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60% of the total production went into the grand vin in this vintage.
Toasted, roasted, oaky nose.
Very ripe, rich tannin on the palate accompanied by creamy, almost sweet flavors. A hint of musk on the finish.
Slightly sub-par when compared to the 1999 Lafite and 1999 Latour tasted at the same time.

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Rich, varied aromas of chili sauce, tobacco, cedar, and blackcurrant.
This wine still displays noticeably toasty oak on the palate. The taste is backward and has some difficulties opening up, even with aeration. However, over time it finally delivers its true personality. Tight, beautifully balanced structure with layers of elegant fruit. Long aftertaste with just a hint of astringency.
An aristocratic wine with interesting aging potential.

Dark ruby-red color.
Spicy bouquet of oak, cedar, and candied fruit, with tobacco leaf overtones.
The wine develops impressively on the palate, while retaining a wonderful freshness and fine-grained texture. Elegant, tasty tannin. Complex, long, and opulent finish.
A very fine wine indeed!

Very elegant.
The bouquet is simply extraordinary with cigar box, spice, nutmeg, and red fruit aromas.
Beautiful viscosity on the palate with chewy, sappy tannin wonderfully balanced by an elegant smoothness. Long, concentrated, and juicy finish.
I think this is my favorite wine from the 2002 vintage!

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Very elegant bouquet of spice, cedar, flowers, and vanilla. Superb!
Begins beautifully on the palate – polished, refined, and concentrated – and continues in the same vein onto the middle palate and the very long aftertaste.
An altogether remarkable wine from an estate that has clearly produced more elegant over the last few vintages!

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