Chateau Mouton Rothschild – The New Museum and Cellars

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Château Mouton Rothschild, June 16, 2013

Pauillac, Bordeaux

by Paige Donner

Photos by Paige Donner (and one by Anonymous Pirate Photographer) c. Paige Donner 2013

L’Art et L’Etiquette

This is the title of the current exhibit at the new Château Mouton Rothschild Museum and Cellars in Pauillac. On display are the famous wine labels dating back to the very first one created in 1924. Below here is an excerpt from the official Château book explaining the new museum and cellars, translated from the French (to the best of my ability):

The call to great artists to illustrate each year the Mouton wine labels was a genius idea; but one that required time to be understood and accepted.

After an initial try, perhaps a bit too early with the label designer Jean Carlu in 1924, at the very first occasion of “bottled at the chateau,” Baron Philippe waited until 1945 to…

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