Mouton Rothschild

Specification

Producer

Mouton Rothschild

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Classification

First Growth (1855, promoted in 1973)

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Vintage

2016

Case

1 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

MOUROT161X75

About this wine

Mouton is usually the most opulent of the Pauillac First Growths, with a high share of Cabernet Sauvignon giving rich blackcurrant fruit, spice and a firm structure. It ages superbly, and great vintages need fifteen to twenty years to open fully. Each year’s artist label adds to its appeal for collectors.

About Mouton Rothschild

Château Mouton Rothschild, bought by Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild in 1853, is the only estate ever promoted in the 1855 Classification: after a long campaign by Baron Philippe de Rothschild, it was raised from Second to First Growth in 1973. It lies beside Lafite in the north of Pauillac.

Since 1945 every vintage has carried a label illustrated by a different artist, among them Chagall, Miró, Picasso, Warhol and Francis Bacon, which makes Mouton as collectable for its labels as for the wine.