Chateau Mouton Rothschild - 1996 (750ml) Epernay and Côtes des Blancs but it is loaded with

but it is loaded with fruit

Best from 2007 through 2012

Not very dense

450 cases imported

Chateau Mouton Rothschild - 1996 (750ml) Epernay and Côtes des Blancs but it is loaded with95 points Vinous Media The 1996 Mouton Rothschild is the high point of what in retrospect was an inconsistent decade for this First Growth. It has a very attractive, classic Pauillac bouquet: predominantly black fruit laced with cedar, freshly rolled tobacco and light graphite scents. It is not lavish, but tightly controlled. The palate is medium bodied with fine tannins, though not as fine as recent vintages under Philippe Dhalluin. There is