Chateau d’Armailhac Pauillac 2010

This is a killer Left Bank site that is bordered to the north by the uber-famous Chateau Mouton Rothschild and is actually owned today by the famous family. It’s a sprawling 180+ acre estate with south old-vines that face south and stretch over three gravel banks to bring some of the most riveting, quintessential Pauillac bottlings you can find.

The terroir, mostly comprising deep gravel, clay or clay-limestone and gravelly sand, is planted with classic Médoc grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (35%), Cabernet Franc (8%) and Petit Verdot (2%). Château d’Armailhac takes its name from the d’Armailhacq family who originally purchased the estate in 1660. Its history is bound up with that of pioneers of modern winegrowing such as Armand d’Armailhac and today is run by two different generations of Rothschild winemakers