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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, despite the increasingly acknowledged quality of its wine, Mouton aroused little interest among its owners.
They were unwilling to make the journey to a then-neglected region.
So 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 an estate to which he would devote his entire life.
In 1924, Baron Philippe decided to bottle all the wine at the château.
In doing so, he asserted the role and responsibility of the owners of top growths against the all-powerful Bordeaux wine trade.
Hitherto, the merchants received 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.
1987 red wine gift – Château Mouton Rothschild 1987
The 1987 Château Mouton Rothschild label was by the Swiss painter Hans Erni (1909-2015).
He was born in Lucerne, and after an early interest in abstract painting, became largely concerned with humanitarian problems.
By the end of the war he had committed himself to the political Left.
Erni’s Symbolic Realism often makes use of allegory and employing figures both from Greek mythology and the present day.
It shows large, powerful forms drawn with a precision of line that borders at times on pure geometry.
His skill as a portrait painter is evident from his design for the Mouton Rothschild 1987 label.
Transforming his sitter into a symbol, Erni has managed to capture the radiant creative energy of Baron Philippe de Rothschild in what was to be a final tribute.
