Chateau Mouton Rothschild Bordeaux Wine Tasting back to the Legendary 1982 Vintage

Saturday, February 8, 2025 - 07:30 PM

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"Wine had such ill effects on Noah’s health that it was all he could do to live 950 years. Show me a total abstainer that ever lived that long."  - Will Rogers

 

Hello “Wine Drinking People”!

 

We don’t trust people that don’t drink wine and since that’s all we sell those are the only people we know at Wine Watch. 

 

Whenever we hit a subject we hit it hard and Pauillac is the subject of study for the month of November and with an open date popping up on the 16th I figured the best way to follow up our Chateau Latour and Pichon Baron studies would be to host a Chateau Mouton Rothschild vertical tasting the following week.  We have a collection of Chateau Mouton Rothschild that are all in OWC available on this offering also.  These wines were purchased on release and were stored in an underground cellar until last year when they came to Wine Watch.  The best-case scenario for wines- only one owner!

 

Also just for fun I have added an older vintage of the joint venture between the Rothschild family of Bordeaux and the Mondavi family of Napa Valley – Opus One.  This iconic Napa Valley wine is the most successful joint venture of its kind in the wine industry no other wineries make as much wine and sell for as high of a price.

 

For those of you that can’t make the tasting I have included all the Chateau Mouton Rothschild and the Opus One on this offering on SALE!

 

 

 

There are only 12 spaced available for this tasting and the fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $995 + tax.  For reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.

 

 

 

Mouton-Rothschild Pauillac 1982 ...

 

 

 

Chateau Mouton Rothschild Vertical Bordeaux Wine Tasting back to the 1982 Vintage

Saturday, February 8th 

7:30 PM

 

 

 

2019 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Aile d'Argent Blanc

 

1981 Opus One, Napa Valley, USA

 

1982 Chateau Mouton Rothchild Pauillac

 

1985 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

 

1986 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

 

1988 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

 

1995 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

 

1996 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

 

2001 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

 

2003 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac

 

 

 

Menu

 

Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie

Grilled Portobello and Burrata Salad with Fig Balsamic Vinaigrette

Duck and Smoked Mozzarella Ravioli with Sundried Tomato Basil Brown Butter and Fresh shaved Parmesan

Beef Short Rib Wellington with Au Poivre

Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee Garnished Candied Ginger

 

 

 

There are only 12 spaces available for this tasting.  The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $995 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any food allergies or aversions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.

 

 

 

 

A bit about Chateau Mouton Rothschild:



It is without doubt the most interesting and the most controversial of all the châteaux in Bordeaux; and its former owner, the late Baron Philippe de Rothschild, would have it no other way.  There have been four generations of Rothschilds since the Baron's great grandfather, Nathaniel, bought the château in 1853; but the family did not take much interest in Mouton until young Baron Philippe came to live on the property in 1923 - the first Rothschild to be a live-in proprietor.  It was to signal a new era for Mouton and a new era for Bordeaux, for not only did the Baron Philippe begin to do much to attract the world's attention to the merits of his own wine, he also generated a great deal of interest in the entire Bordeaux region.  After fifty years of hard work, Baron Philippe scored a great personal triumph in 1973.  In that year Mouton was reclassified from a second to a first cru in the elite 1855 Grand Cru Classification, a long-overdue recognition and the first time a wine had ever been upgraded in this controversial and ossified classification.

 

In 1945 Mouton began the controversial practice of adorning each new vintage with the work of a famous artist (such publicity gimmicks were considered "bad form" among the staid, aristocratic society of Bordeaux.) However, the "label art" today has become something famous in itself (the labels themselves are now collector's items and one must get his original by purchasing a bottle), and the original objections raised have long been forgotten.  Some of the great artists of the 20th century have done work for the labels - Braque, Dali, Chagall, Kandinsky, and Picasso.  Andy Warhol did the 1975, and John Huston, the movie director, painted the label for the legendary 1982.  In addition to presiding over one of the world's great wine estates for some sixty years, Baron Philippe had also been a great patron of the arts.  The château itself is a major tourist attraction in Bordeaux and houses one of the world's great wine museums.  The chai, in which new vintages of Mouton age in shiny barrels, is a breathtaking sight for the winelover.  The great Baron died at his home in Paris in January of 1988, and his funeral was one of the largest ever witnessed in the Médoc - nearly 1500 people attended a grand ceremony at the Château.  Under French law, the dead may not be buried at their estates, but the Rothschild family was granted an exception by the authorities.  The Baron's daughter, the Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, assumed control and management of the Château after her fathers death. 

 

Over the course of the past few years, the Baroness has been actively involved at Mouton, and there was never a doubt that she would continue the legacy established by her father.  Certainly the circumstances could not be more favorable, for Mouton-Rothschild has been on a roll in the 1980's - the château has produced some of the greatest wines in its history and arguably the greatest wines in Bordeaux.

 

Mouton Rothschild is planted to 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 Keep this wine around for 10-15 years, although at that time you may not want to drink it after you check the current sale price. 

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