Pauillac is a small French village and port on the Gironde estuary, that produces red wine.
Administratively, Pauillac is a commune of the Gironde département.
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Pauillac - The Appellation
The appellation itself is effectively divided into two by the Chenal du Gaer, which flows past Artigues and then north of Grand-Puy-Ducasse to enter the Gironde just to the north of the town of Pauillac.
Pauillac: Home to three of the five 1st growths (Latour, Lafite-Rothschild and Mouton-Rothschild), seen by most as the most important commune of Haut-Medoc.
Pauillac Mouton outperformed the other first growths, just ahead of Lafite and Latour, with Lynch-Bages, Clerc-Milon and the two Pichons close behind.
Pauillac (paw-yack)
One of the principal wine growing towns in the Haut-Medoc, in Bordeaux, France. This is the home of Mouton, Lafite and Latour.
Pedro Ximenez (peh'-dro hee-meh'-nez) ...
Pauillac (paw-yack)
important wine village in the Médoc district of Bordeaux
Petillant (pet tee-yahn)
lightly sparkling ...
PAUILLAC
Name of a village in the Haut-Medoc area of the world famous Bordeaux region in France.
PALATE
The feel and taste of wine in the mouth.
Pauillac: One of the four great wine communes of the Medoc peninsula just northwest of the city of Bordeaux along the Gironde River in France.
Pauillac - (Pow-yahk)
Village of the Haut-Medoc in Bordeaux, central to perhaps the world's greatest vineyard region.
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The most renowned Médoc area certainly is Pauillac: here are in fact found three of the five Premier Cru.
Many Bordeaux lovers eventually find that one or two of this great wine appellation's regions - Pauillac, for instance, or Margaux or St. Julien - consistently please them for pure drinking pleasure or style. How about you?
Premier Crus Classés (First Growths)
Château Lafite-Rothschild, Pauillac
Château Latour, Pauillac
Château Margaux, Margaux
Château Haut-Brion, Pessac, Graves
Château Mouton-Rothschild, Pauillac (since 1973) ...
At the top of the price and quality pyramid are the *classed growths from the appellations of St Julien, Pauillac, St Estèphe, Margaux, Pessac Léognan and Graves.
Following the AOC hierarchy, Bordeaux contains such districts as Médoc, which contains the commune Pauillac, which in turn contains three grand cru châteaus.
Feminine: this term is often used to describe a wine of more delicacy than most: a Margaux as opposed to a Pauillac or a Mondavi Cabernet as opposed to a Ridge.
Figs: wines from the Sémillon grape variety are often redolent of figs.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cotes de Nuit, some Syrah, Moulis, Listrac, young Margaux, Pauillac, St Estèphe
Berries
young red wine ...
Médoc: A section of Bordeaux on the west bank of the Gironde Estuary known for great red wines; Margaux, St.-Estèphe and Pauillac are three leading AOCs in the Médoc.
Mellow: Smooth and soft, with no harshness.
There is some belief that soil could also be a contributor to the minty notes, since the flavor also appears in some wines from the Pauillac region but not from similar climate of Margaux.
An elderly wine lover was badly injured in a railway collision. Some wine was poured on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873," he murmured and died. --- Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), The
Devil's Dictionary, 1911 ...
A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else. An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873," he murmured and died.
 See also: Region, Vintage, Appellation, Bordeaux, Quality
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