Chateau Mouton Rothschild: Purchased in 1853 by Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, and elevated to First Growth Status in 1973, Chateau Mouton Rothschild produces quality wine in the Medoc. In 1945, Baron Philippe de Rothschild incorporated into its label design, a unique "V", celebrating the liberation of France by allied forces in World War II. Since this time, nearly all Chateau Mouton labels incorporate a label design from a famous painter of the time. Great years of Mouton were produced in 1945, 1959, 1982 and 1986.  
    

Chateau Mouton Rothschild:

Chateau Mouton Rothschild is produced from 207 acres of vines averaging approximately 50 years old in the Pauillac. The typical grape varietals are 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot.  Mouton Rothschild ages its wine for approximately 19 to 22 months in mostly new oak barrels, depending on the specific vintage.

1945 Mouton - RP 100 - A consistent 100-point wine (only because my point scale stops at that number), the 1945 Mouton-Rothschild is truly one of the immortal wines of the century. This wine is easily identifiable because of its remarkably exotic, over-ripe, sweet nose of black fruits, coffee, tobacco, mocha, and Asian spices. It is an extraordinarily dense, opulent, and rich wine, with layers of creamy fruit, behaveing more like a 1947 Pomerol than a structured, powerful, and tannic 1945. The wine finishes with a 60+ second display of ripe fruit, extract, and sweet tannin. This remarkably youthful wine (only light amber at the edge) is mindboggling! Will it last another 50 years?