The Mouton label is iconic, and I can’t say I particularly like the 2023 by the Portuguese artist, Not that it’s bad; it just seems uninspired.
My favorites 2014 and 2016.
Rufino Tamayo’s 1998
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I think on average its been rather ‘safe’ commissions from Mouton, and you’re right that the works from Eliasson, Vasconcelos, Kapoor to name a few doesn’t translate too well, as they’re working more in the physical realm. I think it’s a noble idea to spread art through labels and the charity auctions that follow, but I wish it’d be mid-career artists who got the chance.
My favorite is Baselitz(1989) or Doig(2020).
this was fun to look through. I really like 1984 for being so different. Other favorites are 1959 and 2015
It’s a treasure trove of art history. I highly recommend a visit to Mouton, and in particular the museum itself. They have all of the paintings for the labels and a lot of related artifacts, including sketches. Some of the greatest artists of the modern era are showcased, Miro, Picasso, Braque, et al. Hard to pick on favorite, but for me, it would have to be the original, Carlu 1924.
Tamayo 98 is stunning, love the whimsy of the 65 by Dorothea Tanning, the still life by Bracque. So many beauties.
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Where can I purchase posters or larger versions of the label? Only from the winery?
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I had posted this a few months back, but thought it relevant to share here. Really nice book from an early 80s exhibition. Good copies still available through many outlets.
Personally, I find some of the labels are quite unappealing until I discovered a bit more about the artist or put the work into the context of the time. I learned this lesson when attending exhibitions where aesthetically I wasn’t drawn to certain artist or work, but diving deeper through a docent tour or other references have made me appreciate the art much more.
I think it’s similar to wine in discovering how different vintages were affected by the season or how terroir influences the wine making.
So, by the film director? FWIW, I think 2023 works pretty well, for a label. More out there: Bacon, 1990 (always has a creepy side, but powerful) and Lucien Freud (2006–but I don’t get the concept). Of course, then, there’s Balthus (1990–always problematic, as he is here). Keith Haring (1988) and Picasso (1973) also fun.
My favorite is 1945, which I see as the Baron giving the finger to the Nazis. Other than the politics of that, my favorite in 1973, which I have. I bought a bottle on release and opened it two years ago. There is the whole story of Picasso dying and everyone bemoaning the lack of a Picasso Label, and then Mouton issuing the label for the vintage when Picasso died. My guess is that Picasso didn’t want to sit at restaurants and constantly be asked by diners to autograph bottles, hence Mouton promised not to use the painting until he died. It’s not Guernica, but I saved the bottle.
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My favorite is the 1982 —I got the poster as well. I did get to tour the label museum a couple of years ago. Very interesting to see the different sizes of the artwork as well as the multiple visions an artist created.
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1998 (Rufino Tamayo)
- It’s the only Mouton I’ve had and that’s what makes it my favorite
Put me down for 1982, 1986, 1988, with 88 in top spot,
1945 has always been my favorite. I had a 1975 autographed by Warhol wish I still had it. Always had a soft spot of the Picasso 1973 because of the elevation of the Chateau to First Growth
Of course The Dancing Goat.
Balthus is 1993. I was gifted bottle by a Vancouver restaurateur. My understanding is weak vintage but either way, will never open.
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1985