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Where to buy 1962 red wine – Château Mouton Rothschild 1962 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.
Where to buy 1962 red wine – Château Mouton Rothschild 1962
The 1962 Chateau Mouton Rothschild label was by Roberto Matta Echaurren, known as Matta (1912-2002).
He was born in Chile and worked with Le Corbusier as an architect.
In 1935, he joined the Surrealists in Paris.
Then he spent the war in the United States, where he was influenced by Tanguy and Duchamp.
Afterwards he returned to Paris in 1948 to paint a huge fresco for the Unesco building.
Turning from mystical introspection to denounce violence and the worship of machines, he began to paint an alarming world of half-robots, half-puppets.
The tormented vine-root he drew for the 1962 Mouton Rothschild label still lets us imagine the promise of fruit to come.
The caption says: “Son tendre velouté séduit les plus rebelles” (Its velvet tenderness will melt the hardest heart).
Where to buy 1962 red wine – at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
