Wine Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac AOC Premier Grand Cru Classe, 2002
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Tasting Notes
Wine of deep red garnet color.
The wine has a rich, supple, ripe tannin and flavor with delicate notes of caramel, vanilla, mocha, blackberry, wild berries, hints of spice and cedar wood. Very elegant and graceful wine with a long finish.
Wine Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2002 has a pleasant aroma with hints of berry cherry, raspberry and cassis, shrouded in shades of cocoa, roasted coffee, tobacco, spice and oak.
Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2002 - this is the perfect wine for meditation, it also perfectly combines with exquisite meat dishes, truffles and mature cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Excellent wine Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2002 is made from hand-picked, perfect grapes grown in the best vineyards. The average age of the vines - 45 years. Features of production: fermentation takes place in wooden vats for 21-31 days, malolactic fermentation is done in new oak barrels. The wine is aged for 18-22 months in barrels, is held every 4 months removal of wine from the sediment (soutirage).
Mouton Rothschild is one of the greatest chateaux in Bordeaux and, of course, is the brightest star in Pauillac, and its wines - some of the best in the world. The first Rothschild, took winemaking seriously, was Baron Philippe, although the estate was purchased in 1853 by his grandfather still Nathaniel Rothschild. It was the first Baron Philippe tried most of the technologies that are used today by all chateaux class. The main innovation of the Baron was the fact that the wines have become bottled directly at the estate, not from merchants. In addition, the processes themselves have been improved winemaking, which resulted from the Cabernet Sauvignon refinement, expressiveness, power and lifetime, almost to infinity. Baron Philippe was also the only person who was able to make changes to the approved 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines: Classification revised in 1973, and the economy has replaced its second class of well-deserved first. Even the Castle Mouton Rothschild deserves special attention because Baron Philippe and his daughter, the Philippines, which is today the owner of the Chateau, for many years collecting works of art related to wine. The castle houses the Museum "Wine in Art", founded in 1962. Chateau Mouton Rothschild is also famous collection of labels for their wines, which in 1945 represented creations of famous contemporary artists, such as a label for wine in 2002 designed by Ilya Kabakov, born in Rosiii artist who emigrated to the United States. Kabakov called his picture "window." "For the window glass" bottle artist shows another world: the movement to infinity, countless shapes of wings at the same time blowing us into the kingdom of dreams and bliss, in a transparent allegory of the magic of the great wines. Wine Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2002 will be at the peak of ripeness between 2015-2030 (+) years.