Baron Philippe de Rothschild

Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA is one of France’s most influential wine houses, built from the legacy of Baron Philippe de Rothschild, who took over Château Mouton Rothschild in Pauillac in 1922 and transformed it into an icon of Bordeaux. A visionary, he was among the first in the Médoc to insist on château bottling (from 1924) and later secured the historic 1973 reclassification of Mouton Rothschild to Premier Cru status. He also pioneered the use of artist-designed labels, commissioning works from figures such…