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1955 Château Mouton Rothschild, France, Bordeaux, Pauillac, Wine Review

Vintage: 
1955
Score: 
96
Grade: 
A

From a Jeroboam (5 liter bottle). No J.23 out of 58. The bottle had been standing upright for a while. When the lead capsule was removed, the cork had at some point, likely recently, fallen into the bottle. The bottle was decanted a bit at a time as people arrived and wanted a pour. About 10 to 20 ounces at a time. The wine exceeded our highest expectations. This must have been a monster wine when bottled. The wine is purple in color with a slight dark brown hue. A bit flat but opaque. The nose is great with leather, earthiness, slight cherry fruit, dusty attic and slight mint.

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