{"product_id":"chateau-mouton-rothschild-pauillac-premier-grand-cru-classe-1997-750ml","title":"Château Mouton Rothschild - Pauillac (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 1997 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1997 Rothschild is an evolved, brickish color with a slightly orange tint. The wine has an intense nose on aromas of leather, hyacinth and tobacco. On the palate, it is round and fruity along with persisting and fine tannins. The fruit, with spicy and smoky notes, offer a long-lasting finish. A particularly successful vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlend: 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Label Artwork\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNiki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), born at Neuilly-sur-Seine in France, grew up in New York, where her parents lived. While still very young she worked as a model for leading American magazines and began to study music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn 1952, she moved to Paris with Harry Matthews, her husband and the father of her two children, and began to paint. During a visit to Barcelona she discovered Gaudi's architecture, which was to have a lasting influence on her art. In 1956, she held her first exhibition of paintings at St Gall in Switzerland. In 1960, she met the sculptor Jean Tinguely, with whom she maintained a close personal and professional relationship until his death in 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe acquired early fame in the years that followed for provocative works like her \"surprise paintings\", made of plaster blisters full of vivid colours which she burst by firing at them with a rifle. During the same period she joined the New Realists, a group of artists whose other members included Yves Klein, Arman, Christo and Tinguely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1965 and 1970 she created and exhibited her first \"Nanas\", opulent, polychrome female shapes whose curves challenged the fashion for beanpole women. Exhibited in New York, Stockholm and Montreal among other places, they became the emblems of her powerfully original work as a sculptor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1965 and 1970 she created and exhibited her first \"Nanas\", opulent, polychrome female shapes whose curves challenged the fashion for beanpole women. Exhibited in New York, Stockholm and Montreal among other places, they became the emblems of her powerfully original work as a sculptor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver time these buxom \"Nanas\", genesis of her future work, gave birth to a fascinating array of extravagantly fanciful creatures, sometimes anthropomorphic, often gigantic and always violently coloured, including the Cyclop at Milly-la-Forêt, the Golem in Jerusalem and the Tarot Garden in Tuscany. In 1982, with Jean Tinguely, she created the celebrated Stravinsky Fountain near the Pompidou Centre in Paris, which two years earlier had hosted a retrospective of her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe world-famous artist now lives in San Diego (USA) and, with the architect Mario Botta, has conceived a monumental Noah's Ark for the vear 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the sun to the plate, taking in a sensual mouth and an outstretched hand, Niki de Saint Phalle's composition for Mouton is a sparkling, festive allegory of the pleasures of the table. And then, running across the painting, there is the \"Niki-object\", springing from a story as old as the world itself: the serpent tempter. But instead of the traditional apple, this serpent, more wine-loving than malign, is offering Eve a bottle ... of Mouton Rothschild 1997 no doubt!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional Ratings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e90Robert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\nOnly 55% of the harvest was utilized for the 1997 Mouton-Rothschild. One of the most forward and developed Moutons over recent years, it possesses all the charm and fleshiness this vintage can provide. A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot, the wine exhibits a dense ruby\/purple color, and an open-knit nose of cedar wood, blackberry liqueur, cassis, and coffee. Fleshy, ripe, and mouth-filling, with low acidity, soft tannin, and admirable concentration and length.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Logan, Chateau Mouton Rothschild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67956034994400,"sku":"132473","price":799.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/w8508012e6_1.jpg?v=1792096574","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-mouton-rothschild-pauillac-premier-grand-cru-classe-1997-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}