Château

Château Pey Mallet

shah-TOH peh mah-LEH
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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
Classifications
Cru Artisan
Cru Artisan

The château

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 soil 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
Soil
Deep Pyrenean gravel Terroir of Haut-Médoc →
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

Institutions
Crus Artisans du Médoc, Château Pey Mallet

Revised October 18, 2026. How I choose sources

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.

Source: Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855

Private

By invitation only.

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