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Pauillac
Wine region
TypeAppellation d'origine contrôlée
Year established1936
CountryFrance
Part ofBordeaux, Médoc
Climate regionOceanic climate
Total area1190 hectares
Varietals producedCabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Petit Verdot, Malbec
Wine produced64,500 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

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

Soils are gravel deposits mixed with aeolean sands.[1]

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Winemaking styles

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Estates

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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

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Sources

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  • Pauillac Bordeaux.com, Le Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) (in French)
Footnotes
  1. ^ winemega.com. "Pauillac".
  2. ^ Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd. pp. p.407-408. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.com. "Pauillac".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)