Chateau Mouton Rotschild
Contrary to popular belief, the world's most famous Mouton (ram) has absolutely nothing to do with the juicy lamb raised in Pauillac. In Old French, the term 'mouton' was a diminutive of 'motte,' meaning a gentle hill or mound, on which one of the most famous wines of Médoc is still cultivated. However, the wordplay is irresistible. Baron Philippe de Rothschild, who was born on April 13, 1902, under the sign of Aries (the ram), couldn't resist the opportunity to associate his name with a subtle reference to this powerful horned animal. Baron Philippe was only twenty when he inherited a share in the old estate Brane Mouton, which his grandfather, Baron Nathaniel Rothschild, had purchased seven decades—or three generations—earlier.
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