Mouton Rothschild - 1970 (750ml) Bordeaux and a touch of graphite

and a touch of graphite

but I find the Syrah almost as compelling

but its monumental stuff

less generous offering than previous vintages of the nineties

Fermented with close to 70% whole clusters and aged in both concrete and foudres

Mouton Rothschild - 1970 (750ml) Bordeaux and a touch of graphiteI have had a remarkable number of opportunities to taste this wine. One of the most frustratingly irregular wines I have ever encountered, the 1970 Mouton can range from pure nectar, to a wine that is angular, austere, and frightfully hard and tannic. This bottle (one of the Reserve du Chateau bottlings that was mistakenly released by the estate and labeled with the letters R. C., rather than a number) was impossible to assess when decanted, given its