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Chateau
Mouton Rothschild
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Appellation Pauillac Controlée
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Location:
Chateau Mouton Rothschild has a magnificently
complete expanse of vineyard on the slopes leading down to
the Gironde Estuary. Mouton Rothschild is to the northwest
of Pauillac.
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Size: 188
acres producing 20-25,000 cases.
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Classification:
First Growth (as of 1973)
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Vineyard:
80% Cabernet Sauvignon,
10% Cabernet Franc,
8% Merlot
and 2% Petit Verdot.
The vineyard is mostly gravel on a subsoil of marl and clay.
Vines are planted 8,000 to 10,000 per hectare. Average
yield per hectare is 35 hectoliters. Pruning is Guyot
Double Medocaine
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Vinification:
Strict interpretation of classic ways: wooden
vats, severe selection of grape clusters. No added
yeast; 3 weeks maceration; 28-30C temperature of fermentation;
100% new oak
barrels for 23-24 months. Portion of first pressing
sometimes included in lighter vintages. Fining - fresh egg
whites.
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History:
Mouton has few peers in the length and luster of its history.
The famous Barons de Brane owned the already well known vineyard
in the 18th and early 19th centuries when it was known as
Chateau Brane-Mouton. It was purchased by Nathaniel de Rothschild
of London in 1853 who renamed it to Chateau Mouton Rothschild,
and is now owned by Philippine de Rothschild, his great-great
granddaughter. Mouton always in the forefront of the greatest
wines of Bordeaux, was the first estate to begin complete
chateau-bottling of the harvest -- an historic step initiated
in 1924 by the late Philippe de Rothschild. It is the
only chateau in the Medoc
Classification of 1855 to achieve reclassification.
In 1973, it was finally moved from a second growth to a first.
In 1926, he commissioned architect Charles Sicils to build
the famous "Grand Chai". In 1962, Philippe de Rothschild created,
with his wife Pauline, the Museum of Wine and Art", in which
is displayed a priceless collection of exhibits relating to
wine and the vine, from the dawn of civilization up to modern
times.
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Style: Luscious
black currant flavored Cabernet fruit makes Mouton beguilingly
easy to drink. Rich complex flavors, powerful ripe tannins
and an extremely long finish are all hallmarks of this wine.
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Food: Serve
with your finest dinners.
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Boite Postale
117
Rue de Grassi, France
Phone: 33-5-56-592-020
Fax: 33-5-56-732-044
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