Description
Aile d'Argent Blanc du Chateau Mouton Rothschild 《Terroir Collection》
Region : Bordeaux
Website : https://www.chateau-mouton-rothschild.com/aile-dargent/aile-dargent-2019
📜 Multiple vintages:2018 & 2019
👇🏻Vintage 2019(TF1001A)👇🏻
Grapes : 61% Sauvignon Blanc, 38% Semillon and 1% Muscadelle
Alcohol : 13.5% vol
🏅James Suckling 97-98 pts
🏅Decanter 95 pts
🏅Wine Advocate 93-95 pts
🏅Jeb Dunnuck 92-94 pts
🏅Vinous 91-93 pts
🏅J. Robinson 17.5
👇🏻Vintage 2018(TF1001B)👇🏻
Grapes : 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Semillon
Alcohol : 13% vol
🏅Wine Advocate 93-95 pts
🏅Wine Spectator 91-94 pts
🏅Decanter 93 pts
🏅Jeb Dunnuck 90-92 pts
🏅Vinous 90 pts
🏅Vivino 4.4
Renewing an ancestral tradition in the Médoc, in the early 1980s Philippine de Rothschild decided to plant a few acres of the vineyard with white grape varieties.
The sandy, gravelly soil is planted with Sauvignon Blanc (53%), Semillon (35%), Sauvignon Gris (11%) and Muscadelle (1%), with a density of 9,000 vines per hectare. 50% of the wine is matured in new oak barrels. Rich, complex and elegant, Aile d’Argent, despite being produced in very limited quantity, has quickly become a standard-setter for lovers of fine Bordeaux white wines.
Aile d’Argent, a children’s story
Let us read these lines written by Philippine de Rothschild, telling us the story of a name rich in memories.
“Aile d’Argent… Two unusual words that floated up from the depths of time, a link between the past and present, between my father Baron Philippe de Rothschild and myself. When I was a little girl, my father made up a fairy tale for me, the hero of which was a magic teapot. Its incredible adventures enchanted me and beguiled my childhood. The teapot was called Aile d’Argent, Silver Wing.
War broke out and my father was arrested. In prison, from memory, he wrote down the story, which he called Aile d’Argent la Magique (Magical Silver Wing), the title under which it was published by Gallimard in 1947.
Aile d’Argent… I am glad that the words which once inspired my dreams are taking on form and colour again.”
(Vintage 2019)
🏅James Suckling 97-98 pts
A very exotic Aile d’Argent with dried-mango, fresh-pineapple, and sliced-lemon aromas and flavors. Full-bodied and very ripe, yet it’s framed by bright acidity. Tangy and vivid with a long, intense finish. Exciting.
🏅Decanter 95 pts
You just know that Aile d'Argent is going to suit a vintage like this, where the warmth of the summer accentuates the rich apricot, white pear and juicy nectarine flavours of the wine. This tiny drop of Muscadelle gives lift and florality to the finish, and overall there is width, depth and texture aplenty, with a fabulous lick of salinity on the finish. Does a great job of walking the tightrope - and the team under Philippe Dhalluin are not afraid of underlining the texture of the wine, giving 17% of the production some malolactic fermentation, one of the rare Bordeaux whites to do so. Harvest September 7 to 11.
🏅Wine Advocate 93-95 pts
Mouton's white is a blend this year of 61% Sauvignon Blanc, 38% Semillon and 1% Muscadelle, harvested from the 5th to the 11th of September. This 2019 Aile d'Argent sails of of the glass with beguiling scents of pink grapefruit, lemon drops, orange blossoms and candied ginger with hints of jasmine, lime cordial and coriander seed. The medium-bodied palate reveals compelling poise and sophistication, with a racy line of freshness lifting the citrus and spice layers to a long, opulent finish. Very impressive!
🏅Jeb Dunnuck 92-94 pts
This estate makes a terrific white. The 2019 Château Mouton Rothschild Aile D'Argent Blanc (61% Sauvignon, 38% Semillon, and 1% Muscadelle) offers an exotic bouquet of mandarin oranges, white peach, and honeyed flowers as well as a medium-bodied, soft, nicely textured style on the palate. It shows bright acidity on the finish and is going to be outstanding.
🏅Vinous 91-93 pts
The 2019 Aile d'Argent, Mouton Rothschild's white is laced with hints of pineapple, mint, white flowers, apple and lemon confit. An exotic note from the Muscadelle add character. In 2019, Aile d'Argent is distinguished by its energy, even with a touch of malolactic fermentation, and a bit more restraint than in the past, all huge positives.
(Vintage 2018)
🏅Wine Advocate 93-95 pts
There was no malolactic fermentation and no Muscadelle this year--both unusual for Aile d’Argent. Composed of 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Sémillon (harvested August 30 to September 5), the 2018 Aile d'Argent has 13% alcohol and is a little reticent to begin, offering fragrant notions of lemongrass, freshly chopped ginger and lemon tart with a core of fresh pineapples, white peaches and aniseed. The palate is rich, sultry and exotic with loads of spices and tropical fruit and an electric backbone of acid, finishing very long.
🏅Wine Spectator 91-94 pts
A light, fresh style, with flashes of herb, sel gris and white asparagus that are very pure, opening slowly to show white peach and honeysuckle details. Very pretty.
🏅Decanter 93 pts
This is a delicious wine that has been extremely well handled with complexity and a long drawn out finish. It’s wonderfully fresh with touches of aniseed and flint alongside citrus and sweet pear flesh alongside an underlying spice doing a great job of providing focus and lift. To maintain freshness, no malolactic fermentation was carried out on any of the white grapes this year -- in most years Aile d'Argent has maybe 10% malo, and no Muscadelle was used as it didn't succeed as well as they'd hoped in the dry summer. The harvest took place between 30 August 30 and 5 September.
🏅Jeb Dunnuck 90-92 pts
The 2018 Aile D'Argent Blanc offers good freshness and purity as well as some tropical hints in its tart peach, pineapple, and crushed citrus aromas and flavors. It's beautifully balanced and has a fresh, clean, crisp style ideal for drinking over the coming couple of years.
🏅Vinous 90 pts
The 2018 Aile d Argent, which had been bottled in September, underwent no malolactic fermentation this year. lf has abright lemon thyme, mango and honeysuckle bouquet that is well defined and fresh, if not intense.The vibrant palateis almost Loire-like in style, with mango,Conference pear and a light saline note on the finish. Very fine, though notquite reaching the peaks of previous vintages.
Vitage 2019(TF1001A) - $898/bottles
Vitage 2018(TF1001B) - $995/bottles
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