This is the most renowned region of Bordeaux, thanks to being home to three of the five first growths. Typically firmly tannic and uncompromisingly dry, Pauillacs offer aromas and flavors of black currant, lead pencil, cedar shavings and tobacco leaf, and are generally considered to be the longest-lived of all Bordeaux. They are prized for the way they combine structure, power and fairly full body with aromatic complexity and finesse.