Each vintage has a label painted by a noted artist, a practice successfully pioneered by Mouton Rothschild in France.

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Even a house like Mouton Rothschild has little influence with giants who concentrate on the more profitable spirits business and prefer to carry fewer labels and sizes.

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Labour's Tom Watson has previously used a series of parliamentary questions and Freedom of Information requests to discover that the cellar featured high-profile wines from the likes of Chateau Latour, Chateau Lafite, Chateau Margaux and Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

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Despite a few minor tweaks, most notably Mouton-Rothschild being elevated to First Growth status in 1973, the list has barely changed.

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