This AOC encompasses the Médoc’s four finest communes—Margaux, St.-Julien, Pauillac, and St.-Estèphe—as well as the less well-known Listrac and Moulis communes. Wines produced outside these six appellations but within the Haut-Médoc are not generally as thrilling, although infinitely superior to those of Médoc. Among these very reliable wines are a few great-value crus classés and many high-quality crus bourgeois, but although Haut-Médoc is a name to look out for on the label of châteaubottled wines, it counts for little on a generic.
RED These dry wines have a generosity of fruit tempered by a firm structure, and are mediumto full-bodied.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot,
Malbec, Petit Verdot, Carmenère
6–15 years (crus classés);
5–8 years (others)
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