TERROIR PROFILE
Pauillac
Cabernet royal terroir on deep gravel
Pauillac is Cabernet in its purest form — power, cassis and cedar built to last.
TERROIR PROFILE · Bordeaux
Pauillac Cabernet royal terroir on deep gravel
Pauillac is Cabernet in its purest form — power, cassis and cedar built to last.
SOILS
Gravel / Sandlight, approachable
Gravel and sand drain heavily — vines struggle for water, wines turn fine, light and elegant.
Loambody-rich, velvety
Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.
Limestoneprecise, mineral
Limestone delivers tension, structure and a cooler, more mineral character.
CLIMATE · Maritime
Mild Atlantic, sheltered by the Gironde estuary and Landes pine forests; long golden autumns fully ripen Cabernet.
TOPOGRAPHY · gentle
Low gravel mounds (croupes) up to 30 m above the Gironde — elevation is relative here, drainage is everything.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Saint-Julien
Bordeaux
94% similar
- Minerality (slightly): Pauillac is more mineral → salty-stony notes, more tension (8 vs. 7).
- Body (slightly): Pauillac gives more body → fuller, more powerful wines (10 vs. 9).
Barolo
Piedmont
93% similar
- Sun (slightly): Pauillac gets less sun → paler colour, more herbal spice (6 vs. 7).
- Body (slightly): Pauillac gives more body → fuller, more powerful wines (10 vs. 9).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 22 →Château Mouton Rothschild
Pauillac
Renown 94/100
Château Lafite Rothschild
Pauillac
Renown 94/100
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Pauillac
Renown 88/100
Château Pichon Longueville Baron
Pauillac
Renown 88/100
Château Pontet-Canet
Pauillac
Renown 86/100
Château Lynch-Bages
Pauillac
Renown 85/100
Château Haut-Bages Libéral
Pauillac
Renown 79/100
Château Lynch-Moussas
Saint-Sauveur
Renown 79/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary