Bordeaux 2024: ‘Marvellous’ Mouton cuts price by a quarter

Mouton Rothschild 2024 — Credit: Luke Carver

(Image credit: Luke Carver)

The Pauillac estate is the second first growth to have been released so far this campaign, following Lafite Rothschild at the end of April.

Its new price makes it the cheapest since the release of the 2014 vintage and represents a price cut of 25% on last year’s 2023 offer. Consultancy group Wine Lister called it ‘a well-judged release’.

Also released was Mouton’s stable of other labels including Château d’Armailhac and Château Clerc Milon.

Mouton Rothschild

The 2024 vintage of Mouton Rothschild has been released at €252 per bottle ex-négociant. This is a cut of 25.2% on the 2023’s opening price.

The wine is available from UK merchants for around £1,521 per case of six bottles in-bond (IB).

The 2024 Mouton has been well-reviewed by critics. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave it one of her higher scores of 96-points.

‘This is just brilliant – fresh, lively, zingy and ample. Lovely finesse too. A marvellous Mouton,’ she said.

Fine wine marketplace Liv-ex remarked that the 2024 was ‘the cheapest vintage on the market’ – 10.5% less than the next cheapest which is the 2021.

‘As such, it may present an interesting opportunity for buyers,’ its analysis concluded.

Second label Petit Mouton was also released at its lowest price since 2014 and is available via merchants for £651 per six bottles IB.

Click here for Hindle’s full review of Bordeaux 2024

Mouton stablemates

The 2024 vintage of d’Armailhac was released at €27.6 per bottle (a 17.4% discount on the 2023), and is being offered by merchants for £167 per case of six bottles in-bond.

Clerc Milon meanwhile was released at €45.6 per bottle – a 16.7% cut – and is available for £275 per case of six bottles in-bond.

Both wines are the cheapest vintage from both estates, with Liv-ex highlighting the fact that either wine might be of interest to collectors.

Clos Fourtet and others

With St-Julien duo Léoville-Barton and Langoa-Barton leading the morning’s releases on Monday, St-Emilion estate Clos Fourtet appeared in the afternoon.

The wine was released with an 25.7% cut on the 2023’s opening offer. UK merchants are listing the wine for £306 per case of six bottles in-bond.

The new wine is the cheapest available vintage on the market.

Also out are three more left bank estates, Château Maléscot-St-Exupéry at £170 per six, Château Kirwan at £150 per six and Château Gloria at £121 per case of six bottles in-bond.