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The Chateau Mouton Rothschild is the place and wine that the late Baron Philippe de Rothschild singularly created at the age of 21 years old when he acquired the estate. The Baron Philippe de Rothschild was the only one to be able to effectuate the change in he classification of 1855 of the Medoc.
The Baron Philippe de Rothschild died in 1988 and his daughter Philippine is now running the chateau.Nothing ever changes at Chateau Mouton Rothschild. recovered, in the vine growing as well as in the harvest and the wine-making process, a sense of disciplines that had long been lost. Purchased in 1853 by Nathaniel de Rothschild, Brane Mouton entered the ranks of legend as Mouton-Rothschild. It was with the coming of Baron Philippe de Rothschild that Mouton became the truly monumental first growth that it is today. Besides the construction of cellars and other buildings and the promotion to first growth status, it is the passion of an entire exceptional life that Baron Philippe gave to Mouton. The elegance and magic of this wine has also charmed the greatest contemporary artists, who each year bestow upon Mouton's inestimable wines an original work of art.
Château d'Armailhac and Château Clerc Milon closely follow the tradition of quality in the Rothschild family.
Since 1945 teh Baron Philippe de Rotshchild has commisssionned an artist to do an annual painting which is presented on the top of the label. The main artist who participated of the label are mainly europeans as: Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Cocteau and also Americans Warhol, Motherwell, John Huston, Hans Erni, Bernard Sejourne, Paul Delveaux,Keitz Haring, Georg Baselitz,Francis Bacon, Setsuko,, Balthus, Kirkeby, Serge Poliakoff, Vassili Kandinsky, Cesar, Bona, Pierre Alechinsky, Bernard Dufour, Henry Moore, Dorohea Tanning, Matta, Georges Mathieu, Jacques Villon, Salvador Dali, Richard Lippold....His daughter Philippine de Rothschild appears to be more thatn capable of continuing her father's legacy. The Mouton Rothschild Vertical Collection from 1945 to 2004 : 
1945 to 1952  1953 to 1961  1962 to 1970  1971 to 1979  1980 to 1989  1990 to 1998  1999 to 2004 |
