Pauillac
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Commune of Pauillac |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc |
| Canton | Pauillac |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0 m–29 m (avg. 6 m) |
| Land area¹ | 22.74 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,274 |
| - Density | 56/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 33544/ 33250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Pauillac is a small village and port on the Gironde estuary, that produces red wine.
Administratively, Pauillac is a commune of the Gironde département.
[edit] Wine
The village consists of only 3000 acres (12 km²) of vineyards in the Haut-Médoc between the villages of Saint-Julien to the south and Saint-Estèphe to the north, but is home to three of Bordeaux's five first growth wines: Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, and Château Mouton Rothschild.
[edit] Selection of Pauillac estates
- Château d'Armailhac
- Château Clerc-Milon
- Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild
- Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse
- Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
- Château Haut-Bages-Liberal
- Château Haut-Batailley
- Château Lafite Rothschild
- Château Latour
- Château Lynch-Bages
- Château Mouton Rothschild
- Château Pedesclaux
- Château Pichon Longueville Baron
- Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
- Château Pontet-Canet
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