Château D'ARMAILHAC 1993
Pauillac
Château D'ARMAILHAC 1993
In 1680, a communal register mentions two brothers, Dominique and Guilhem Armailhacq, owners of parcels in Pauillac. In 1750, another register mentions that Dominique Armailhac "planted in vines" the Médoc family lands. The vines extend at the time from 15 to 16 hectares approximately. In the late eighteenth century, the vineyard, then commonly called Sheep Armailhacq reaches 52 hectares divided between Château Brane-Mouton (future Château Mouton Rothschild) in the north and Château Pibran in the south.
As early as 1831, the quality of Mouton d'Armailhacq greatly improved to such an extent that the wines sold were twice as expensive as the neighboring productions, which were however much better rated. This is due to the use of different techniques such as sifting, racking, barrel sterilization or gluing.
In 1844, the estate is riddled with debts. The owner, Mrs. Darmailhacq resells at Château Lafite Rothschild the Carruades if located in Pouyalet.
In 1855, Château Mouton d'Armailhacq was ranked fifth cru by the Syndicat des Courtiers de Commerce near the Bordeaux Stock Exchange; the same year, Armand d'Armailhacq publishes his book The Culture of the Vines, the vinification and the wines in the Medoc, with a state of the vineyards according to their reputation.
Count Adrien de Ferrand, "son-in-law of Armailhacq", acquires the estate in 1878.
The vineyard covers nearly 70 hectares. In 1931, in a financially difficult context for the whole vineyard, the Count of Ferrand created the Société anonyme of Domaine de Mouton d'Armailhacq. The young baron Philippe de Rothschild becomes a minority shareholder and redeems all the shares in life in 1933. A year later, on the death of the count, he becomes the effective owner of the estate and the Pauillac wine company, ancestor of the current company Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA
From 1956, the wine of Mouton d'Armailhacq bears the name of Mouton Baron Philippe and that of Mouton Baronne Philippe and it is finally in 1989 that Baroness Philippine de Rothschild decides to return to Mouton d'Armailhacq its identity as origin, under the name of "Château d'Armailhac". The label is adorned with the reproduction of a figurine (Autumn II) which is in the Museum of Wine in the Art of Château Mouton Rothschild.
The Château d'Armailhac vineyard covers nearly 70 hectares in the northern part of Pauillac. It is a thick soil of clayey gravels, covering a clay-limestone subsoil.
The vineyard is made up of traditional Médoc grape varieties: 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. The average age of the vineyard is 46, of which 20% of the plots were planted in 1890.