Château
Château Pey Mallet
Michelle Albouy’s 2 hectares or so of deep Pyrenean gravel at Avensan, where Margaux meets Moulis: a family Cru Artisan, picked by hand and bottled at about 12,000 a year.
- Appellation
- Haut-Médoc
The estate
Pey Mallet is a family estate on the smallest scale: about 2 hectares in the northeast of Avensan, at the crossroads of Margaux and Moulis, owned by Michelle Albouy. The ground is deep Pyrenean gravel, pebbly, lean and quick to drain, and the vines, 30 years old on average, are planted 50% Merlot, 44% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot. The soil is plowed, weeded by harrow and fed with organic matter. The grapes are picked by hand, sorted in the vines and left 3 weeks on their skins, and the wine ages 14 months in barrel: about 12,000 bottles a year, some of them in magnum and double magnum. Pey Mallet is a Cru Artisan du Médoc in the classification for 2022 to 2026.
At a glance
- Appellation
- Haut-Médoc
- Commune
- Avensan
- Classification
- Cru Artisan du Médoc, vintages 2022 to 2026
- Owner
- Michelle Albouy
- Vineyard
- About 2 hectares; vines 30 years old on average
- Ground
- Deep Pyrenean gravel
- Grapes
- Merlot 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 44%, Petit Verdot 6%
- Farming
- Plowed; weeded by harrow; organic matter
- Cellar
- Picked by hand; 3 weeks on the skins; 14 months in barrel
- Production
- About 12,000 bottles a year
Sources: Crus Artisans du Médoc, Château Pey Mallet · Qualisud, the Crus Artisans du Médoc classification, 2022 to 2026
The record
Château Pey Mallet is a Cru Artisan, in the Haut-Médoc appellation.
The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Cru Classé
By invitation only.
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