PAUILLAC

Pauillac is the most important commune of the Médoc, containing three of the five first growths and no fewer than fifteen other classified châteaux. The wines of Pauillac are the archetype of Bordeaux, and the taste of Cabernet Sauvignon which is completely at home here. The wines are dense, full bodied and tannic: austere when young, rich and distinguished when mature; and the longest lived of all Bordeaux wines. The soil here dictates the longevity with heavy gravel, thicker to the north than the south, that lies on a sub-soil of larger stones, and iron based sands. Pauillac's most famous wines number amongst the elite of Bordeaux; Châteaux Mouton-Rothschild, Latour and Lafite-Rothschild.