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Where to buy 1963 red wine – Château Mouton Rothschild 1963 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 1963
The 1963 Chateau Mouton Rothschild label was by Bernard Dufour (1922-2016).
He studied agricultural engineering before becoming a painter in 1945.
His Mouton Rothschild label for 1963 depicts grapes and a recumbent human figure.
It includes a line from from Mallarmé’s L’Après-midi d’un faune:
“Ainsi, quand des raisins j’ai sucé la clarté… ” (Just so I sucked once the lustre from the grapes).
The 1963 vintage was considered very difficult in Bordeaux due to an unforgiving winter and wet spring, which hindered the grapes from ripening properly.
Most Bordeaux wines from this year were disappointing.
Mouton Rothschild was not yet a First Growth in 1963, a status it achieved in 1973 after campaigning by Baron Philippe de Rothschild.
Tasters have found this 1963 red wine to to be very light-bodied, mature, and soft, with a bouquet of red fruit and spice.
Where to buy 1963 red wine – at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
