Château Mouton Rothschild
x Gérard Garouste

The 2022 vintage of Château Mouton Rothschild stands out for its exceptional weather conditions. A warm and dry year, punctuated by rare but timely spring and summer rains, allowed the vine, with its deep roots, to adapt perfectly. Flowering was uniform and occurred ten days early, a precocity that persisted until the harvest, which took place from 1 to 26 September. The grapes, perfectly healthy, reached remarkable concentration and balance. The blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot has given birth to a wine of rare richness and elegance. This vintage reveals intense aromas of blackcurrant and blackberry, elevated by notes of cedar, spices, and cocoa. The texture is velvety, generous, with tannins of exemplary finesse, expressing the purity and nobility of an iconic terroir on Bordeaux’s Left Bank.

“It was really my discussions with Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild that inspired me; I wanted to know more about his grandfather’s amazing life. He showed me lots of photos, and the man’s physical presence really spoke to me as a painter. It was clear that I had my model. I was greatly attracted by his character, not least because elegance is something I set great store by. Baron Philippe was a man of great elegance, very hard-working, and he had the look of someone very sure of himself, with a mischievous side. That is what I have tried to capture in the way I have portrayed him. I find it fascinating that Baron Philippe chose the ram's head as a symbol, as it features in both Greek and biblical mythology. The front wall is a symbol for Mouton Rothschild. I also included the fruit of the vine, and all the symbolism of a wonderful wine that was his life's work. I wanted to pay tribute to that story, to his respect for wine, which is also a tribute to nature as it is given to us.” »

Gérard Garouste

A leading French painter, Gérard Garouste is a stand-out figure on the international art scene.

He takes a keen interest in the roots of western culture, the legacy of the old masters and the myths that are the springboard for his work on “dismantling images and words” and his fascination with questions of origins, time and transmission. His paintings are born of associations of ideas; now unsettling, now joyful, they teem with sometimes fantastical animals and human figures with distorted bodies. His sources range from the Old Testament to popular culture and literary greats such as Cervantes and Rabelais.

Born in 1946, Gérard Garouste lives and works in Normandy and Paris. He studied in Gustave Singier’s studio at the Paris School of Fine Arts from 1965 to 1972.
Gérard Garouste has displayed his work all over the world, notably in the United States, Japan, Germany, Latin America and Italy, and his art features in leading public collections such as the National Museum of Modern Art – Centre Georges Pompidou and the City of Paris Modern Art Museum in France and the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation in Vienna. He has received many public commissions, including from the Elysée Palace, Évry Cathedral, Namur Royal Theatre, Mons City Hall, Notre-Dame de Talant and for the stage curtain of the Châtelet Theatre in Paris.