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  • Country ranking ?

    1 858
  • Producer ranking ?

    128
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

Château Mouton Rothschild A Premier Cru Classé in 1973, Château Mouton Rothschild, owned by Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, consists of 205 acres of vines near Pauillac, in the Médoc, North West of the city of Bordeaux. This Premier Cru benefits from exceptionally good natural conditions, both in the quality of the soil, the position of its vines and their exposure to the sun. It is regarded today as one of the world's greatest wine. 


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Wine Information

1951 ~ Marcel Vertes

ARCADIA AND LOVERS’ TRYST

Marcel Vertes (1896–1961) was born into an Austro-Hungarian family and began his career as a poster artist in Vienna. After moving to Paris, he was employed by renowned publishing houses primarily as a book illustrator. He not only designed the deluxe editions of books by contemporary authors, such as Colette and Paul Morand, but also provided illustrations for older works belonging to the F...

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Vintage 1951

Bordeaux: A poor vintage from a small harvest. There he had an attack of flower abortion, a lack of sunlight during the critical months and several difficult-to-treat illnesses. Fortunately, at the beginning of October, there was good weather for the harvests, which helped restore the balance.

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Tasting note

color

Light and Pale

ending

Medium

flavors

Spice

nose

Intense

recommend

No

taste

Weak, Fruity and Dry

Written Notes

This lucky bottle was in prestige condition. Decanted only for 15 minutes. A pale and light colour as expected, but the bouquet was surprisingly intense, spicy and sound. Instead of being a massive and big Cabernet, this was really a weak and soft wine with one or two layers of dry fruit and tannins. Drinkable and not nearly as hard and undrinkable as almost all other Bordeaux wines of this poor vintage. It had even some length left – probably the best 1951 Bordeaux I have had for years.
  • 77p
I can’t remember the last time I had a Bordeaux, or a wine, from 1951, and the 1951 Mouton Rothschild didn’t give me much reason to investigate the vintage further. It was soft and simple, otherwise known as water city lol. If Jesus turned wine into water, it would probably taste like this (83).
  • 83p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux
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