Beschreibung:

MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD In 1853 Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild bought Château Brane-Mouton and renamed it Mouton Rothschild. Baron Philippe de Rothschild became involved in the estate following the death in 1920 of Laura-Thérèse who had run the property after becoming widowed by Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild. Baron Philippe de Rothschild worked tirelessly and drove innovations such as commissioning the artist Jean Carlu in 1924 to design a new label. In the same year he also bottled the entire vintage at the Château, a practice that had up until then been virtually unheard of, and is now universally adopted for all the Grand Vins. In 1945 to celebrate the ‘Année de la Victoire’ he commissioned the artist Philippe Juillan to design the label which began the tradition of featuring a different artist on the label for each vintage that continues to this day (except for 1953 and 1977). Such famous names as Picasso, Kandinsky, Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol have featured on the labels and helped to strengthen the reputation of the Château. Artists have never been paid for their work, but have received Mouton Rothschild wine. Baron Philippe de Rothschild’s main goal and achievement was the promotion of Château Mouton Rothschild to First-Growth status in 1973. For the Grand Vin the average age of vines is 44 years with a density of 10,000 per hectare planted on gravel soils. Vinification takes place in oak vats for between 15 and 25 days followed by maturation in oak barriques for between 19 and 22 months, the percentage of new barrels depends on the vintage. Annual production is approximately 300,000 bottles. Château Mouton-Rothschild 1986 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Lot 331 levels: bottom neck; one torn label Lot 332 levels: eleven bottom neck, one top shoulder; one torn capsule Lot 333 levels: eleven bottom neck, one top shoulder; signs of old seepage Lot 334 levels: eleven bottom neck, one top shoulder; one scuffed capsule at top Lot 335 levels: eleven bottom neck, one top shoulder; three lightly corroded capsules Lot 336 levels: ten bottom neck, two top shoulder Lot 337 levels: ten bottom neck, two top shoulder; one torn label, one scuffed label Lot 338 levels: ten bottom neck, two top shoulder; one lightly corroded capsule, lightly bin soiled labels Lot 339 levels: nine bottom neck, three top shoulder Lot 340 levels: nine bottom neck, two top shoulder, one upper shoulder; one lightly corroded capsule, one creased capsule, two lightly torn labels Lot 341 levels: eight bottom neck, four top shoulder; two lightly torn labels Lot 342 levels: eight bottom neck, four top shoulder Lot 343 levels: eight bottom neck, four top shoulder; two nicked labels Lot 344 levels: seven bottom neck, four top shoulder, one upper shoulder; two with signs of old seepage All lots in original wooden cases, tissue wrapped prior to Specialist inspection 12 bottles per lot