Chateau d'Armailhac
Location: Chateau
d'Armailhac is located in the commune of Pauillac, next to Chateau
Mouton-Rothschild . Pauillac is in the Bordeaux region of
Southwest France.
Classification:
Fifth Growth
Vineyards: 124 acres
of vines.
History: Baron
Philippe de Rothschild bought this estate in 1933. It had belonged to
the d'Armailhacq family -- after whom it was named Chateau Mouton d'Armailhacq
-- since the 18th century.
Between 1956 and 1989, the chateau
was called Chateau Mouton Baron Philippe. In 1989, Baroness Philippine
de Rothschild restored its original identity, naming it Chateau d'Armailhac.
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