Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2011

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Vintage
2011

Size
750ML

ABV
13%

Features
Collectible

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Winemaker Notes

Low yields, especially at Mouton, have produced structured, deep and very fresh wines. 2011 is thus a classic Bordeaux vintage, to be ranked among the finer, or perhaps even the finest.

About the Label Artwork

Born in 1935, the French painter and sculptor Guy de Rougemont attended the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris and completed his studies at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid. From the early 1960s, his geometrically inspired paintings in bright, warm colours featured in exhibitions, galleries, salons and biennales in France and around the world. At the same time, from 1970 he adorned public spaces with the huge frescoes, "patterned surfaces" and polychrome columns that would make him famous, not just in Paris (forecourt of the Musée d'Orsay, esplanade of the Musée d'Art Moderne, entrance hall of Saint-Louis hospital), but throughout France and around the world, from Germany and Portugal to Japan and South Korea, and even Ecuador. He was elected to the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institut de France in 1997.

Having long worked on regular forms, from the ellipse to the cylinder, Rougemont subsequently turned to what he calls the "serpentine line", a term taken from 16th century Italian painting, whose sinuous, random undulations emphasis or temper contrasts of light and shade.

The two works which he created for Mouton, on a commission from Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, belong to his present manner. The first, for the new room in which the “Paintings for the Labels” exhibition is displayed, is an iridescent colonnade of gilded brass with a recurring motif of wine-coloured whorls. The second, to illustrate the 2011 vintage, is a drawing which, from gold to dark red, from the clarity of vines in sunshine to the darkness of the cellars, takes us in colour through all the stages of the birth of a great wine.


Professional Ratings

  • 96
    This shows lots of opulent aromas of ripe fruit, light toasted oak, walnut and dried meat. It’s full-bodied, with chewy tannins and plenty of fruit. A muscular, solid wine. Baby 1986. Try in 2020.
  • 95
    This delivers a gorgeously pure beam of cassis and cherry compote, with singed apple wood, graphite and iron notes hanging in the background for now. Long and polished through the finish, showing serious depth in reserve. Best from 2018 through 2035.
  • 95
    There is a lightness about this vintage of Mouton Rothschild. It doesn’t take away from its quality but does give the wine poise and an attractive lift. The wine is based on solid tannins, then the ripe fruit builds layers of fruitiness and freshness. It is not likely to be one of the longest-aging Moutons, but it will be delicious. Drink from 2020.
  • 92
    Tasted at the Mouton-Rothschild vertical in London, the 2011 Mouton-Rothschild is probably the "weakest" of the releases between 2008 and 2012, although that would be unfairly disparaging what is a perfectly respectable, if rather unexciting Mouton. Here, it has those graphite and cedar aromas present and correct, the former a little more accentuated and with a light sea-spray note emerging with time. The palate is well balanced with cedar and a slight peat-like note infusing the black fruit, rigid in its youth but nicely delineated. As I discerned out of barrel, what it lacks is that peacock's tail on the finish, bolting out of the exit door before you have really got to know each other. Tasted April 2016.

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A First Classified Growth, Château Mouton Rothschild spans 82 hectares (202 acres) of vines at Pauillac in the Médoc, planted with the classic varieties of the region: Cabernet Sauvignon (79%), Merlot (17%), Cabernet Franc (3 %), Petit Verdot (1 %). The average age of the vines is 50 years.

The estate benefits from exceptionally favourable natural conditions, in the quality of the soil, the position of its vines and their exposure to the sun. Combining respect for tradition with the latest technology, it receives meticulous attention from grape to bottle. The wine is matured in new French oak barrels.

Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild is the second wine of Château Mouton Rothschild.

The estate also comprises 6 hectares (15 acres) of sandy, gravelly soil planted with Sauvignon Blanc (51%), Semillon (40%) and Sauvignon Gris (9%), used to make its white wine, Aile d’Argent.

Brought to the pinnacle by two exceptional people, Baron Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988) then his daughter Baroness Philippine (1933-2014), its destiny has now been taken in hand by her three children: Camille and Philippe Sereys de Rothschild, and Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild. True to their grandfather’s and mother’s work, all three are committed, with the same enthusiasm and determination, to perpetuating Baron Philippe’s dictum: “Live for the vine”. Almost a command, it means being there for the vineyard in good times and in hardship, serving it with skill and honouring it with art.

Château Mouton Rothschild is a place of art and beauty, famous for the spectacular vista of its great barrel hall, its remarkable vat room and its Museum of Wine in Art. Every year since 1945, the Château Mouton Rothschild label has been illustrated with an original artwork by a great contemporary artist. Dalí, César, Miró, Chagall, Warhol, Soulages, Bacon, Balthus, Tàpies, Koons and Doig are only some of the artists featured in a fascinating collection to which a new work is added each year and which makes up the Paintings for the Labels exhibition.


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