Left Bank Bordeaux
Live Virtual Auction, 7 November 2021
Fine Wine
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About this Item
Château Mouton Rothschild is not only one of the finest Bordeaux wines, but it is also one of the world’s greatest. The First Growth from Pauillac holds an incredible track record for the most consistent and long-lived wines in all of Bordeaux. It can be argued that the modern age of Chateau Mouton Rothschild arose along with the modernization of the entire Bordeaux wine region.
Each year since 1945, the Château Mouton Rothschild label has been illustrated with an artwork by a leading painter, specially created for the vintage. Thus, the most famous names in contemporary painting have been brought together in a collection to which a new work is added each year. From one label to another, Mouton Rothschild has thus brought together some of the most celebrated artists of their day, including Miró, Chagall, Braque, Picasso, Tàpies, Francis Bacon, Dali, Balthus, Jeff Koons and even Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. The artists have complete freedom of creation, though certain themes, such as the vine, the pleasure of drinking and the ram, the Mouton Rothschild emblem, have proved a particularly rich source of inspiration.
The 2007 Vintage label was designed by BERNAR VENET
The French sculptor and graphic artist Bernar Venet was born in a village in Haute-Provence in 1941. At the age of seventeen, a precocious artistic vocation took him to Nice, where he studied drawing. He first came to notice in 1963 with his tar paintings and cardboard reliefs. During the 1960s, having become a leading light of conceptual art, Venet discovered the true source of inspiration for his future work: the mathematical diagram, whose axes, curves and equations he reproduced on canvas. However, he interrupted all creative activity from 1971 to 1975 to take a long break devoted to reflection and teaching.
1976 marked a new departure. Dividing his time between New York and Provence, where his property at Le Muy would provide the setting for an extraordinary personal museum, Venet started exploring a new material, raw steel bars, taking advantage of their monumental possibilities. He worked them in “lines” – straight, curved, broken, oblique or even “indeterminate”. These random coils would make him famous all over the world, imposing his characteristic style in numerous collections and in prestigious locations in the United States, Germany, Japan and France. In Paris, one of his works adorns the La Défense business district. Two significant milestones in his career came in 2009 with his Disorder exhibition in Brussels and his participation in the Venice Biennale.
While suggesting the swell of a barrel, the arcs he has drawn for Mouton 2007 evoke chalices rooted in the earth and open, like vinestocks, to the precious gifts from above.
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Critics Ratings
‘Still remarkably red at the core and a narrow brick rim. Both meaty and leafy on the nose along with the characteristic relatively early maturity of this vintage. A nice peppery character on the nose too. Fragrant and fresh on the palate and has that chocolate flavour and texture that I found on the Margaux yet here the wine is more complete and more fully integrated. There’s a light and attractive grip that would make this even better at the table.’ - Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, 18/20 (Feb 2017)
‘The wood element is important here, but it is based on a firm Cabernet Sauvignon structure, dry but rich tannins. The wine is a great success for the vintage, giving sweetness, ripe fruit that only shows light extraction, and dark plum and berry flavors. The feeling is of polished fruit and wood, rounded but always dense.’ - Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, 95/100 (Jan 2010)