一位Nathaniel de Rothschild在1853年購置了Château Mouton Rothschild，其家族一直持續經營至今。在波爾多左岸五大酒莊中，Mouton Rothschild應該是最具話題性的。從原本二級酒莊，經由菲利普男爵多年的努力而得以在1973年破例晉升為一級酒莊的故事總是令人津津樂道；而每年邀請一位藝術家為新年份設計新酒標圖案的創舉，則是讓許多愛酒人士每年至少都要買一瓶來收藏。
不過Mouton Rothschild並不是虛有其表而得以晉身一級酒莊，在五大酒莊中，Mouton Rothschild的酒質風格可說是最華麗奔放的，既有Pauillac典型的結實骨架，口感又豐厚圓熟，常帶有成熟漿果和明顯燒烤香味，因此吸引了全球愛酒人士的高度人氣。
Drink Date
2019 - 2060
1945 was the first of the artist’s label series (except for the one-off in 1924), commissioned by Baron Philippe de Rothschild and created by Philippe Jullian, featuring the distinctive “V” on the label to represent the World War II victory of the allies. This was a very small vintage, largely due to a devastating spring frost, which clearly did not affect quality, but meant yields were down by around 50% this year. This, combined with the fact that the vineyard was not quite the size it is today, meant that this would have been made almost exclusively from fruit from the plateau. It also meant only around 6,500 cases were made. Interestingly, Philippe Dhalluin shared with me that he recently learned this wine was made using a curious “sandwich” vinification method, whereby it was fermented using varying layers of stems and skins. Therefore, in this vintage there is an aromatic and textural component coming from the stems, which, of course, is absent in modern Mouton. However, this recently gleaned knowledge has inspired some vinification experiments with stems, Dhalluin told me with a gleam in his eyes.
