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1966 red wine gift – 1966 Chateau Mouton Rothschild from Arden Fine Wines in London.
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Château Mouton Rothschild – From Marquis to Barons
Château Mouton Rothschild took its present name after Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild acquired it from the English branch of the famous dynasty in 1853.
For many years, however, Mouton aroused little interest among its owners.
Moreover, they were unwilling to make the journey to a then-neglected region.
Consequently, it was a red-letter day when, in 1922, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, barely 20 years old and the great-grandson of Baron Nathaniel, took in hand the destiny of the estate.
Then, in 1924, Baron Philippe decided to bottle all the wine at the château.
Hitherto, the merchants took the wine in barrels.
This decision, soon embraced by others, meant that the château had to increase its storage space.
The architect Charles Siclis designed the spectacular Grand Chai (Great Barrel Hall) at Mouton, which they built in 1926.
1966 red wine gift – Château Mouton Rothschild 1966
The Château Mouton Rothschild 1966 is a classic Bordeaux red wine known for its elegance and ageability.
Considered a sleeper vintage by some critics, it has complex flavours of tobacco, earth, and fruit.
The 1966 vintage in Bordeaux, including the Pauillac appellation where Château Mouton Rothschild is located, was considered very good.
The 1966 Mouton Rothschild label was by the painter, designer and poet Pierre Alechinsky (1927-) .
He was born in Brussels.
He founded the so-called “Cobra” (Cologne/Brussels/Amsterdam) Group with his fellow-poet Christian Dotremont.
The group set out to replace the existing confrontation between abstract and representational art with “Baroque Expressionism”.
His canvases display an organic exuberance, filled with a world of grotesque figures in a state of constant flux.
His allegory the “Ram-Drinker” for the 1966 Chateau Mouton Rothschild label seems almost to leap off the bottle.
You can find this 1966 red wine gift at Arden Fine Wines in London.
