The Perfect Ones - Part 4

In a dinner tasting with 13 vintages of Mouton-Rotschild, this was the shining star. Many of the other vintages was good to gorgeous, see the others vintages below, but this was in another leauge. Perfect from the first sniff and sip to the last one. I had the empty bottle sealed with a cork for a while, and every time I checked, there was still a marvellous scent from the empty bottle.

1959 Château Mouton-Rothschild
A big, strapping nose with lots of chocolate covered cherris, autumn leaves, pine nuts, fresh stables, and that unmistakable eukaluptys note in old (good) Mouton-Rotschilds. The purity is magnificent, and you would never in a million years guess that this beaty is 48 years old. The scent of a perfect, warm autum walk in a forest.
The taste is the perfect liquid, with the sweetest black currants imaginable, paired with notes of smoke, old leather, cold coffee and the same chocolate covered cherries as on the nose. The finish goes on for two minutes. The tannins have melted to a perfectly integrated part of the wine. I could imagine me drinking this nectar every day...:-)
100p   (tasted 2007/03)

The other vintages tasted:
1999 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (92p)
1988 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (90p)
1987 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (82p)
1975 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (88p)
1970 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (93p)
1964 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (82p)
1998 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (96p)
1996 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (93p)
1995 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (96p)
1986 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (98p)
1982 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (96p)
1961 Château Mouton-Rotschild   (97p)