Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1993 (RP90)

After less than persuasive performances in two potentially great years, 1989 and 1990, Mouton-Rothschild appears to have settled down, producing fine efforts in recent vintages, culminating with the enormously promising, unquestionably profound 1995. The 1993 is a beautifully made wine which could be considered a sleeper of the vintage. The wine boasts a dark purple color, followed by a sweet, pain grillee, roasted nut, and cassis-scented bouquet that is just beginning to open. In the mouth, the wine may not possess the body and volume of a vintage such as 1990 or 1989, but there is more richness of fruit, a sweet, ripe, pureness to the wine, as well as medium body and outstanding balance.

《Chateau Mouton Rothschild》
Chateau Mouton Rothschild傳奇的崛起故事是波爾多五大酒莊中最為膾炙人口的。因為Chateau Mouton Rothschild於1855年酒莊分級時僅獲得二級酒莊的第一名，但在Baron Philippe de Rothschild男爵努力不懈的改善酒園及酒質之下，終於在1973年成為唯一破格由二級躍升一級的酒莊。酒莊自1945年起，每年都使用不同的圖案作為酒標，而且常常由著名藝術家設計(例如:畢加索，馬克夏卡爾等等。其中最令人津津樂道的酒標是1973年由畢卡索所繪製的「酒神季」，這幅畫在畢卡索生前並未允諾，而是死後由其妻女讓售於Chateau Mouton Rothschild的佳作，正好作為1973年Chateau Mouton Rothschild躍升一級酒莊的勝利象徵。