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Chateau D'Armailhac2012

RED WINE

PUBLIC
June 2025
Prices and availability subject to confirmation
Chateau D'Armailhac label
  • Producer Chateau d'Armailhac
  • Blend 14% Cabernet Franc
    54% Cabernet Sauvignon
    29% Merlot
    3% Petite Verdot
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Pauillac
  • UPC 0 15643 42842 5

Reviews

James Suckling 92

This is very polished and refined with blackcurrant, raspberry and citrus-peel undertones. Full body, extremely fine texture and a long, long finish.

by JS, James Suckling , 2015

Vinous Media 92

A very pretty wine for the year, the 2012 d'Armailhac is plush, open and seductive. Dark red cherry, tobacco, wild herbs, smoke, leather and game are all pushed forward in a pliant, supple Pauillac that is already quite open and expressive. Dark red cherry, plum, tobacco, smoke and licorice meld into the pliant finish, all with sweet floral overtones that add to the wine's considerable appeal.

by AG, Vinous Media , 2016

Wine Enthusiast 91

Fruity and rich, this wine is developing fast. It is full of black currant fruits, with an impressive background of solid, structured tannins. The wine is linear, fresh, showing how well this property is developing its quality.

by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2015

Wine Advocate 91

Part of the empire of the Chateau Mouton Rothschild, this estate was once known as Mouton Baronne Philippe. This impressive, deep, opaque ruby/purple wine, with loads of charcoal, crème de cassis and a flowery-ness, this is rich, medium to full-bodied, beautifully textured, quite pure, and avoids any of the astringency or hollowness that some Medocs possess in this vintage. The wine is complete and finishes authoritatively. The tannins are there, but ripe, integrated and velvety. This is a very impressive d’Armailhac to drink over the next 20-25 years.

by RP, Wine Advocate , 2015

Technical Details

Harvest

1st to 15 October

Tasting notes

An attractively intense, deep and dark red.
The intense nose offers a subtle combination of red fruit and attractive oak, giving way to denser aromas of roast coffee and some slightly spicy notes.
The palate is well-structured, on expressive, velvety tannins mingled with a host of ripe fruit and toasted flavours.
A long and silky finish reveals excellent balance and fine expression of the terroir.

Weather

2012 was a year of contrasts. The winter was cold and very dry. The average temperature in February was the lowest for fifty years.
April brought cool weather and abundant rainfall, while the weather in May and June was in-between. The flowering and veraison dates were the same to the day as the average dates for all the vintages since 1962.
Exceptionally dry conditions prevailed from 20 July to 20 September, concentrating sugar and tannins in the grapes. The month of August was the fifth driest in the last fifty years. By the end of September, the aggregate amount of rainfall was 26% lower than the average since 1962 (435 mm compared with 589 mm).
Picking at Château d’Armailhac began on 1 October and ended on 15 October.
Moderate yields have given Château d’Armailhac a powerful, full-bodied wine that expresses all the character of the estate.