📜 Pauillac
A Médoc commune with three first growths: Lafite, Latour and Mouton Rothschild.
Pauillac is a commune in the Médoc, in Bordeaux, on the left bank of the Gironde river. It is famous because three of the five first growths of the 1855 classification stand here: Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour and Château Mouton Rothschild (promoted to first growth in 1973). These are among the best-known red wines in the world.
The soils of Pauillac are gravel, which warms well and lets water through. Cabernet Sauvignon grows best on such ground. It forms the base of Pauillac wines, with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a little of other grapes added. The wines are red and still. They are dense, with notes of blackcurrant, cedar and pencil lead, and powerful tannins. When young they can be austere, with years they open up, and the best keep for decades.
The name is protected as a PDO, a protected designation of origin. Pauillac has many classified estates, among them Pichon and Lynch-Bages.
Pauillac is tied to the Médoc as its wider territory, and in reputation it stands beside Margaux and Saint-Julien.
How it connects to Wine
📜 Pauillac ← main grape of ← 🍇 Cabernet Sauvignon → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Related to
- 📍 Médoc, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2023, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2022, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2022, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2021, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2021, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2020, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2020, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2019
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🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2019, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2018, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2018, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2017, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2017, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2016, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2016, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2015, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2015, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2014, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2014, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2013, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2013, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2012, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2011, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2011, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2010, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2010, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2009, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2009, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2008, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2008, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2007, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2007, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2006, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2005, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2005, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2004, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2004, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2003, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2003, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2002, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2002, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2001, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2000, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2000, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1999, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 1999, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1998, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 1998, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1997, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 1997, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1996, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 1996, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1995, 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 1995, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1994, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1993, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1992, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1991, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1990, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1989, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1988, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1987, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1986, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1985, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1984, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1983, 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 1982, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2023, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2022, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2021, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2020, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2019, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2018, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2017, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2016, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2015, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2014, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2013, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2012, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2011, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2010, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2009, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2008, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2007, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2006, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2005, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2004, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2003, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2002, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2001, 🍷 Château Pontet-Canet 2000, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2023, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2022, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2021, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2020, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2019, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2018, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2017, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2016, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2015, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2014, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2013, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2012, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2011, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2010, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2009, 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages 2008, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2023, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2022, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2021, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2020, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2019, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2018, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2017, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2016, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2015, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2014, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2013, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2012, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2011, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2010, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2009, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2008, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2007, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2006, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2005, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2004, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2003, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2002, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2001, 🍷 Château Lynch-Bages 2000, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2023, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2022, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2020, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2019, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2017, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2016, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2015, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2014, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2013, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2012, 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon 2011, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2020, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2019, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2018, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2017, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2016, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2015, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2014, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2013, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2012, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2011, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2008, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2006, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2003, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2002, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2001, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 2000, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 1999, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 1998, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 1997, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 1996, 🍷 Château Clerc Milon 1995, 🍷 Château Latour 2017, 🍷 Château Latour 2013, 🍷 Château Latour 2011, 🍷 Château Latour 2010, 🍷 Château Latour 2006, 🍷 Château Latour 2001, 🍷 Château Latour 1995, 🍷 Château Latour 1991, 🍷 Château Latour 1989, 🍷 Château Latour 1988, 🍷 Château Latour 1984, 🍷 Château Latour 1981, 🍷 Château Latour 1974, 🍷 Château Latour 1964, 🍷 Château Latour 1960, 🍷 Château Latour 1959, 🍷 Château Latour 1958, 🍷 Château Latour 1956, 🍷 Château Latour 1955, 🍷 Château Latour 1954, 🍷 Château Latour 1952, 🍷 Château Latour 1950, 🍷 Château Latour 1948, 🍷 Château Latour 1946, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2023, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2022, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2021, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2020, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2019, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2018, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2017, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2016, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2015, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2014, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2013, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2012, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2011, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2010, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2009, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2008, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2007, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2006, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2005, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2004, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2003, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2002, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2001, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 2000, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1999, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1998, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1997, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1996, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1995, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1994, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1993, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1992, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1991, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1990, 🍷 Château d'Armailhac 1989, 🍷 Still wine - Main grapes
- 🍇 Cabernet Sauvignon, 🍇 Merlot, 🍇 Cabernet Franc
- Wines
- 🍷 Red wine
Frequently asked questions
What is Pauillac known for?
Three first growths of Bordeaux stand here: Lafite Rothschild, Latour and Mouton Rothschild.
What grape is Pauillac wine made from?
Mainly Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and other grapes added.
Where is Pauillac?
In the Médoc, in Bordeaux, on the left bank of the Gironde river.
What to read next
- 🍷 Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild — Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild: a line of Château Mouton Rothschild (red AOC Pauillac wine); years on this site: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995.
- 🍷 Château Mouton Rothschild 2023 — Château Mouton Rothschild 2023: red AOC Pauillac wine from the 2023 harvest, by Château Mouton Rothschild.
- 🍷 Still wine — Wine without noticeable bubbles: EU category 1, at least 8.5–9 % actual alcohol and no more than 15 % total; red, white, rosé or orange.
- 🍷 Echo de Lynch-Bages — Echo de Lynch-Bages: a line of Château Lynch-Bages (red AOC Pauillac wine); years on this site: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008.
- 🍷 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon — Pastourelle de Clerc Milon: a line of Château Clerc Milon (red AOC Pauillac wine); years on this site: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.
⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.