"Mouton" means sheep in French. As in, mutton.
Those are spiral horns which are typical of sheep horns. That is a drawing in profile of a ram facing right, with his curly fur below his head.
Calling that wine "sheep" goes back to the mid-nineteenth century even before the Rothschilds acquired that vineyard. Why it was called sheep, who knows. There may have been a wool business too, on the same land.
"Château Mouton Rothschild is a wine estate located in the village of Pauillac in the Médoc region, 50 km (30 mi) north-west of the city of Bordeaux, France. Originally known as Château Brane-Mouton, its red wine was renamed by Nathaniel de Rothschild in 1853 to Château Mouton Rothschild."
That's from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Mouton_Rothschild
"Mouton" means sheep in French. As in, mutton.
Those are spiral horns which are typical of sheep horns. That is a drawing in profile of a ram facing right, with his curly fur below his head.
Calling that wine "sheep" goes back to the mid-nineteenth century when the Rothschilds acquired that vineyard. Why it was called sheep, who knows. They may have had a wool business too, on the same land.
"Château Mouton Rothschild is a wine estate located in the village of Pauillac in the Médoc region, 50 km (30 mi) north-west of the city of Bordeaux, France. Originally known as Château Brane-Mouton, its red wine was renamed by Nathaniel de Rothschild in 1853 to Château Mouton Rothschild."
That's from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Mouton_Rothschild
"Mouton" means sheep in French. As in, mutton.
Those are spiral horns which are typical of sheep horns.
Calling that wine "sheep" goes back to the mid-nineteenth century when the Rothschilds acquired that vineyard. Why it was called sheep, who knows. They may have had a wool business too, on the same land.
"Château Mouton Rothschild is a wine estate located in the village of Pauillac in the Médoc region, 50 km (30 mi) north-west of the city of Bordeaux, France. Originally known as Château Brane-Mouton, its red wine was renamed by Nathaniel de Rothschild in 1853 to Château Mouton Rothschild."
That's from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Mouton_Rothschild