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Where to buy 1956 red wine – Château Mouton Rothschild 1956 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 1956
The 1956 Chateau Mouton Rothschild label was by Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957).
He was born in Moscow, studied at the Drawing School in Kiev in 1918, and after travelling widely abroad, settled in Paris in 1923.
Three years later, breaking with abstract art, he contributed to the Neo-Romantic Exhibition.
In 1928 he designed the sets and costumes for Diaghilev’s ballet Ode.
His design for the 1956 Mouton Rothschild label “La Tache de Vin” returns to the traditional theme of the Ram, expressing the exuberance of nature under the controlling hand of man.
The 1956 Château Mouton Rothschild is a rare and historic wine, though it is not considered one of the estate’s top vintages due to the devastating frost that impacted the Bordeaux region that year.
This was the coldest year in Bordeaux since 1709, with frost wiping out a significant portion of the vineyards.
However, the wine remains a valued collector’s item due to its rarity and as a historical curio.
