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1993 red wine gift – 1993 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 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.

It was a red-letter day when, in 1922, Baron Philippe de Rothschild took in hand the destiny of the estate.

Then, in 1924, Baron Philippe decided to bottle all the wine at the château.

Previously, the merchants took the wine in barrels.

This decision, soon embraced by others, meant that the château had to increase its storage space.

Therefore the architect Charles Siclis designed the spectacular Grand Chai (Great Barrel Hall) at Mouton, which they built in 1926.

1993 red wine gift – Château Mouton Rothschild 1993

The 1993 Mouton Rothschild label was by Balthus.

Balthus is the pseudonym of Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola (1908-2001).

He was born in Paris into a family of Polish descent.

Later, he came to the attention of the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke when he was only 13 years old.

His career as a painter, too, was blessed by places of outstanding beauty.

Today, at the height of his fame, he has chosen to spend the rest of his life in Switzerland, married to the painter Setsuko.

Balthus’s work is classical in its measure and its subject matter, its mastery and its composition, echoing both the Italian Quattrocento, Courbet and Cézanne.

The drawing he made for Mouton Rothschild 1993 returns to a recurrent motive in this work : the dreamy adolescent girl, wilful, graceful and fragile…

All the hypnotic power of a style that is both limpid and full of mystery, leading us away to distant lands of fantasy and desire.

Arden Fine Wines in London offers this 1993 red wine gift.