The 2009 Mouton Rothschild, which features a label by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, is only improving with age. Wine Advocate’s most recent tasting pegged it at 99 points, praising its “exotic spice layers,” “seamless freshness,” and “very long, decadently fruited finish.” This is a stunning wine that is barely showing its decade of age, and will be a jewel of your cellar for as long as you can resist opening it.

Château Mouton Rothschild sits in the blessed region of Pauillac, home to two other First Growths, and the area enjoyed an incredible vintage in 2009. Robert Parker rated it 99 points, higher than top vintages past and future—better than 2016, better than 2010, even better than in 1982, which produced a Mouton that he himself called “mythical.”

In Baron Philippe de Rothschild’s estimation, Mouton was always of first-class quality, and he declared as much on the label: Before he managed to get the wine officially elevated to First Growth status, it read: “First I cannot be, second I will not call myself, Mouton I am” (en Français, of course). After the promotion, he changed it to “First I am, second I was, Mouton does not change.” 

Today, we invite you to experience his sentiment with your own bottle of Mouton-Rothschild's stunning, 99-point 2009.