rothschild

Bordeaux

Metamorphosis - Rieussec Relaunched

October 19, 2021

What's common between oysters and uni?

Both can be eaten raw - some say both are best eaten raw. Both are acquired taste, not easy to swallow for the uninitiated. Starting today, one can also say both can be paired with Rieussec, the Sauternes relaunched.

Sauternes, the honey-colored sweet wine from Bordeaux, once was known as the swig of kings. When Domaines Baron de Rothschild (DBR), the owner of Château Lafite Rothschild,set out to acquire a property in Sauternes, Château Rieussec (1er Grand Cru Sauternes) was its top choice. Traditionally served with dessert after the main course, Sauternes has become the victim of its own success. The sweetness, often associated with sugar (translation: excess calories), has become a smaller part of the modern diet.

However, we have watched innovative chefs the world over experimenting with Sauternes for years. These chefs, often world travelers, created the concept of fusion cuisine, by blending contrasting culinary traditions into

The World's Best Wine of 2021 - Château Mouton Rothschild 2018

January 23, 2021

Fresh off the press, the Best Wine of the World competition, sponsored by the Tasting Book, named Château Mouton Rothschild 2018 the World's Best Wine of 2021.

For the past three months, the wine information platform has been compiling votes to finalize this coveted selection. More than 190,000 wine professionals and enthusiasts from 115 countries weighed in, casting some 3 million votes against 204,675 different wines. After this voting period, the top 100 in each category went on to be judged in two blind tastings carried out by Masters of Wine, Tastingbook professionals and other connoisseurs.

The Rothschild production received the highest scores in the finals and took home the title of Best Wine and Best Red. Composed of 86 percent Cab Sauv, 12 percent Merlot, 2 percent Cab Franc and a splash of Petit Verdot, the 2018 vintage is said to be medium- to full-bodied with a palate that delivers waves of spiced black and blue fruits. To top it off, it looks good, too. The label was

Mouton Rothschild 2018 Label Released

December 03, 2020

Among the top Bordeaux chateaux, Mouton Rothschild has a unique tradition. Every year, it releases a newly commissioned artwork as its label for the vintage. Part of this traces to the love of art by the owners of this prestigious property, part of it is attributed to the idea of starting afresh each year with a blank slate (see bottle image without the artwork and the newly released label for the 2018 vintage).

The owners of Château Mouton Rothschild, Philippe Sereys de Rothschild, Camille Sereys de Rothschild and Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, gave the commission to the renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing. He pioneered his own style of calligraphy be presenting symbols and images in the traditional Chinese characters, also called "square word" by Chinese.

The label artwork of the 2018 vintage of Château Mouton Rothschild is titled "Mouton Rothschild". How original, one might ask. The artwork illustrates “Mouton Rothschild” in Xu’s signature “Square Word Calligraphy,”