Ditton Wine Traders’ fine wine blog

The Bordeaux 2006 vintage turns out to be unexpectedly exciting. Our friend Bob has just upgraded Lafite Rothschild to 97 points. Some first growths  – notably  Mouton Rothschild – promise to be even better than 2005, the Mouton with 98+ being the wine of the vintage. The "+" captures Parkers prediction that the 2006 might well outshine  the 1982 and 1986 – both 100 pointers.....It seems this fantastic wine puts the crown on the renaissance of Mouton. We managed to secure some cases at GBP 4,750. With the cheapest competitor at GBP 5,000, this seems an attractive deal. That is, if you don’t get spooked by the financial markets. But that’s a different story, on which we’ll keep you posted.

The label is pretty awful though... :