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Where to buy 1940 wine – Château Mouton Rothschild 1940 at award-winning 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, 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.
Where to buy 1940 wine – Château Mouton Rothschild 1940 at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London
The 1940 Château Mouton Rothschild is considered one of the best wines of a satisfactory, but uneven, vintage.
The 1940 vintage in Bordeaux was a decent year, distinctly better than 1939.
But it was generally of uneven quality due to the wartime conditions, with a small crop and a lack of labour and materials.
The Château Mouton Rothschild 1940 is, however, recognised as one of the standout successes of this specific vintage.
The wine’s colour is a medium or deep ruby hue with garnet reflections, indicative of its maturity.
Aromas include blackberry, blackcurrant, truffles, cedar, chocolate, cassis, and spices.
It is a complex, full-bodied wine with elegant and silky tannins.
Flavours of ripe fruit, black fruit, old oak, and sweet spice notes are apparent, along with depth and a nice acidity.
It offers a long, pure, and weighty finish.
Where to buy 1940 wine – award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London stocks this super-rare bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild 1940.
