{"product_id":"chateau-mouton-rothschild-1979-2","title":"Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 1979 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe label on this bottle is by Hans Hartung, the German-born abstract painter, one in the sequence Baron Philippe de Rothschild commissioned from a different artist every year from 1945 onwards. It is part of why Mouton bottles get collected as objects as much as wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMouton was promoted to \u003cstrong\u003eFirst Growth\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1973, the only change ever made to the 1855 classification, after decades of the Baron's campaigning. The vineyard is Cabernet Sauvignon at its most emphatic — deep gravel on the northern edge of Pauillac, giving the cassis-and-graphite weight the estate is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1979 was a big, cool, late-picked Médoc vintage: classical rather than opulent, and one the top estates carried a very long way. A Mouton of this age is one of the few bottles a non-collector will recognise on sight, which counts for something when the wine is a present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Mouton Rothschild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1979\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pauillac AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e Top-flight Pauillac from 1979 can still be drinking well, and Mouton is among the wines most likely to be holding, though at forty-seven it is mature and should be handled gently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e The bottle to choose when the 47th birthday or anniversary in 2026 needs to be marked with a name the recipient will know without being told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e The merchant grades this bottle as good: label, capsule and fill all sound for a wine of 1979, and we inspect and photograph it ourselves before the bottle ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Mouton Rothschild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58326647931224,"sku":"ANNO-000878","price":520.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/Chateau-Mouton-Rothschild-Pauillac-1979-AOC-075l_43560e08.jpg?v=1790689370","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-mouton-rothschild-1979-2","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}