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| Name | Chateau Mouton-Rothschild |
| Vintage | - |
| Country | France |
Region: Pauillac
Average annual production: Approximate 20-25,000 cases
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon 77%, Merlot 11%, Cabernet Franc 10% and Petit Verdot 2%
Area under vine: 203 Acres
Soil: Mostly gravel on a subsoil of marl and clay
Ageing: 23-24 months
History: Mouton has few peers in the length and luster of its history. The famous Barons de Brane owned the already well known vineyard in the 18th and early 19th centuries when it was known as Chateau Brane-Mouton. It was purchased by Nathaniel de Rothschild of London in 1853 who renamed it to Chateau Mouton Rothschild, and is now owned by Philippine de Rothschild, his great-great granddaughter. Mouton always in the forefront of the greatest wines of Bordeaux, was the first estate to begin complete chateau-bottling of the harvest -- an historic step initiated in 1924 by the late Philippe de Rothschild. It is the only chateau in the Medoc Classification of 1855 to achieve reclassification. In 1973, it was finally moved from a second growth to a first. In 1926, he commissioned architect Charles Sicils to build the famous 'Grand Chai'. In 1962, Philippe de Rothschild created, with his wife Pauline, the Museum of Wine and Art, in which is displayed a priceless collection of exhibits relating to wine and the vine, from the dawn of civilization up to modern times.
-Information extracted from: ttp://www.cellarnotes.net/chateau_mouton_rothschild.htm
Average annual production: Approximate 20-25,000 cases
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon 77%, Merlot 11%, Cabernet Franc 10% and Petit Verdot 2%
Area under vine: 203 Acres
Soil: Mostly gravel on a subsoil of marl and clay
Ageing: 23-24 months
History: Mouton has few peers in the length and luster of its history. The famous Barons de Brane owned the already well known vineyard in the 18th and early 19th centuries when it was known as Chateau Brane-Mouton. It was purchased by Nathaniel de Rothschild of London in 1853 who renamed it to Chateau Mouton Rothschild, and is now owned by Philippine de Rothschild, his great-great granddaughter. Mouton always in the forefront of the greatest wines of Bordeaux, was the first estate to begin complete chateau-bottling of the harvest -- an historic step initiated in 1924 by the late Philippe de Rothschild. It is the only chateau in the Medoc Classification of 1855 to achieve reclassification. In 1973, it was finally moved from a second growth to a first. In 1926, he commissioned architect Charles Sicils to build the famous 'Grand Chai'. In 1962, Philippe de Rothschild created, with his wife Pauline, the Museum of Wine and Art, in which is displayed a priceless collection of exhibits relating to wine and the vine, from the dawn of civilization up to modern times.
-Information extracted from: ttp://www.cellarnotes.net/chateau_mouton_rothschild.htm