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Where to buy 1947 red wine?
1947 Château Mouton Rothschild from 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, 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.
Château Mouton Rothschild 1947
Jean Cocteau designed the 1947 Château Mouton Rothschild label.
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), a novelist, dramatist, film-maker, painter, and designer, primarily a poet, belongs to the great French classical tradition through his love of formal perfection and the myths of Greece and Rome.
Moreover, he also ranks as a Surrealist because he constantly needed to challenge convention.
As Diaghilev used to say: “Jean, étonne-moi!” (Astonish me!).
In addition, in his line-drawings, he obsessively returns to the profile of the same youth with the intense gaze that he used for the Mouton label for 1947.”
Cocteau’s lifelong friend Jean Marais, the actor and painter – and possessor of the famous profile – agreed at Philippine de Rothschild’s request to make a copy of the drawing in the case, which is lost.
Where to buy 1947 red wine?
The great 1947 vintage of Château Mouton Rothschild is available from award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
