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Pauillac

Wine region
Type	Appellation d'origine contrôlée
Year established	1936
Country	France
Part of	Bordeaux, Médoc
Climate region	Oceanic climate
Total area	1190 hectares
Varietals produced	Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot Petit Verdot, Malbec
Wine produced	64,500 hectolitres

Pauillac is an AOC for wine made in the commune of Pauillac in the Bordeaux wine region of southwestern France, on the Left Bank of Dordogne. Vineyards are located kilometers to the northwest of Bordeaux, near . The area covers 1190 hectares, annually producing on average 64,500 hectolitres of wine.

Wine

The grape varieties of Pauillac are % Cabernet Sauvignon, with % Merlot and % Petit Verdot, Malbec.

Soils are gravel deposits mixed with aeolean sands.

Estates

Premiers crus
Château Lafite Rothschild	Château Latour	Château Mouton Rothschild
Seconds crus
Château Pichon Longueville Baron	Château Pichon Lalande
Quatrièmes crus
Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild
Cinquièmes Crus
Château d'Armailhac	Château Batailley	Château Clerc-Milon
Château Croizet Bages	Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
Château Haut-Bages-Libéral	Château Haut-Batailley	Château Lynch-Bages
Château Lynch-Moussas	Château Pédesclaux	Château Pontet-Canet
Cru Bourgeois
Château La Couronne	Château Fonbadet	Château Haut-Bages Monpelou
Château Pibran

Sources

• Pauillac Bordeaux.com, Le Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) (in French)

Footnotes