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A Cru Bourgeois wine from Pauillac AOC wine from Pauillac. Pauillac is a wine growing commune (municipality) and appellation d'origine contrôlée within Haut-Médoc in Bordeaux, centred on the small town of Pauillac. [1] Hugh Johnson has said, "If one had to single out one commune of Bordeaux to head the list, there would be no argument. It ...
1993 Château Mouton-Rothschild, Premier Grand Cru Classé, part of the Pauillac appellation 2000 Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy, Puligny-Montrachet A.O.C. 1985 Château Lafite-Rothschild, Premier Grand Cru Classé, part of the Pauillac appellation
Haut-Médoc (French: [o medɔk]) is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of southwestern France, on the Left Bank of the Gironde estuary. Covering a large part of the viticultural strip of land along the Médoc peninsula, the zone covers approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) of its length.
The appellation is one of the largest in the Bordeaux region and is situated between the Garonne and the Dordogne (which are actually considered inland seas). The Entre-deux-mers geographical wine area is responsible for three quarters of the red wine sold under the generic Bordeaux AOC or Bordeaux supérieur labels.
In France, the appellation d'origine contrôlée (French pronunciation: [apɛlasjɔ̃ dɔʁiʒin kɔ̃tʁole], lit. ' controlled designation of origin ' ; abbr. AOC [a.o.se] ) is a label that identifies an agricultural product whose stages of production and processing are carried out in a defined geographical area – the terroir – and using ...
Château Haut-Bages-Libéral is a winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Haut-Bages-Libéral is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus (Fifth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
Châteaux of Bordeaux Pauillac is home to three of the five Bordeaux's first growth wines (classification of 1855). The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines that were to be on display for visitors from around the world.
Pauillac (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Paulhac) is a municipality in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. [3] The city is mid-way between Bordeaux and the Pointe de Grave , along the Gironde , the largest estuary in western Europe.