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2021 Ch d'Armailhac 5ème Cru Pauillac - 6x75cl
06C1ARMA6PK _ 2021 - Ch d'Armailhac 5ème Cru Pauillac - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château d'Armailhac
  • Region Pauillac
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2027 - 2040
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2021 - Ch d'Armailhac 5ème Cru Pauillac - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château d'Armailhac
  • Region Pauillac
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2027 - 2040
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £254.44 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £42.40 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £196.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2022, Score: 92-94

    63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. More restrained on the nose than in some years, with characters of cranberry and blood orange. These elegant flavours build on the palate, highlighting the wine’s Pauillac heritage. A very well-balanced wine, and its early modesty is to the credit of the Rothschild winemaking team, as they let the wine evolve in its own time. There is no doubting the wine’s potential, and it continues to be the bargain in the Mouton stable.

  • Goedhuis, April 2022, Score: 92-94

    63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. More restrained on the nose than in some years, with characters of cranberry and blood orange. These elegant flavours build on the palate, highlighting the wine’s Pauillac heritage. A very well-balanced wine, and its early modesty is to the credit of the Rothschild winemaking team, as they let the wine evolve in its own time. There is no doubting the wine’s potential, and it continues to be the bargain in the Mouton stable.

  • Neal Martin, April 2022, Score: 90-92

    The 2021 d'Armailhac, aged in 50% new oak, is the first vintage to be vinified in the new winery, which was completed a month before the harvest. It has quite a strict bouquet, tight and focused, with broody dark berry fruit, pencil box and tar, quite classic in style. The palate is harmonious and smooth with fine tannins, just the right amount of acidity and a sapid finish that lingers in the mouth. Residual graphite notes linger after the wine has exited. Very fine. Drink 2025 - 2045

  • Antonio Galloni, April 2022, Score: 88-90

    The 2021 d'Armailhac is elegant and lithe in feel. Bright floral and savory notes lend freshness throughout a core of red berry fruit. In this tasting, Armailhac comes across as a bit vegetal, with slightly angular contours that hopefully will resolve with élevage. This is the first vintage made in the château's new cellar. Drink 2029-2041

  • Wine Advocate, April 2022, Score: 91-93

    Reminiscent of a modern-day version of this estate's delicious 1999, the 2021 d'Armailhac is a terrific wine bursting with aromas of wild berries, cherries, exotic spices and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, supple and seamless, it's fleshy and enveloping, with melting tannins and an ample core of sweet, succulent fruit. This is a pleasure-bent wine that will offer a broad drinking window.

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2022, Score: 17.5

    With new winemaker directrice Lucie Lauilhé at the helm of a new facility, this wine marks the first chapter in d’Armailhac’s next thriller. Small tweaks were made in 2021, with the same percentage of oak used but more sensitive toasting levels employed, and this relaxation in spiciness balances nicely with quieter fruit and a more sensual wine overall. This is a silky, not velvety, wine, and the Cabernet Franc adds lovely perfume as well as crisp acidity to the finish. It is clear that this is a thoughtful creation, and with lovely length and a palate that is, according to Estates Manager Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy, growing every day, this is an impressive wine for d’Armailhac.

  • Wine Cellar Insider, April 2022, Score: 90-92

    Dark ruby in color, the wine is floral in nature, with black raspberries, cherries and spice on the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, approachable and focused on its freshness, sweetness and easy going charm. The wine blends 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, 13% ABV. The wine represents 50% of the harvest. Drink from 2024-2044.

  • Jane Anson, April 2022, Score: 92

    First year with the new cellar at Armailhac, and a new technical director, as Lucie Lauilhé has replaced Jean-Paul Paultert, with Paultert retiring after 29 years in the post (Lauilhé was only present for harvest and blending, 2022 will be her first full year). There are big plans for this property, but in 2021 it is playing things a little safe, with juicy balance, delicate tannins, plenty of grip and precision to the raspberry and blackberry fruits, but a little soft on the finish. There is due to be a 2nd wine in the future, which will help with concentration, but the signature of 2021 is evident here. A little more Cabernet Franc, after poor fruit set with the Melrot. 3.73ph. 50% new oak, 60IPT. Tasted twice.

Producer

Château d'Armailhac

An 1855 Classified Growth, Château d’Armailhac has 76 hectares (187 acres) of vines with an average age of 40 years, stretching over three gravel banks that embrace all the typical features of the Pauillac appellation. The terroir, mostly comprising deep gravel, clay or clay-limestone and gravelly sand, is planted with classic Médoc grape varieties. The remarkable Cabernet Francs grown on the Plateau des Levantines from vin...Read more

An 1855 Classified Growth, Château d’Armailhac has 76 hectares (187 acres) of vines with an average age of 40 years, stretching over three gravel banks that embrace all the typical features of the Pauillac appellation. The terroir, mostly comprising deep gravel, clay or clay-limestone and gravelly sand, is planted with classic Médoc grape varieties. The remarkable Cabernet Francs grown on the Plateau des Levantines from vines with an average age of 60 years are a hallmark of the wine. Château d’Armailhac takes its name from the d’Armailhacq family who purchased the estate in 1660. Its history is bound up with that of pioneers of modern winegrowing such as Armand d’Armailhac. The estate was acquired by Baron Philippe de Rothschild in 1933, then inherited by his daughter Philippine de Rothschild. It now belongs to her three children, Camille and Philippe Sereys de Rothschild and Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, who continue the family tradition with passion and innovation.Read less

Region

Pauillac

Due south of St Estèphe lies the appellation of Pauillac, the king of Left Bank communes. It is home to three first growths as well as a plethora of other classified growths. Pauillac's renowned well-draining, gravelly soils enable its dominant grape Cabernet Sauvignon to reach fantastic heights of complexity and concentration. As a result, Pauilac's wines tend to be full-bodied with compact tannins and good freshness. Its aromatics are often what one associates with classic Bordeaux: pencil shavings, black currant and occasional mint. Some of the most famous châteaux of the commune are Latour, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite Rothschild, Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande and Lynch Bages.

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