One of Bordeaux’s most highly regarded Second Growths, Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is known for its quintessential Pauillac style. Sophisticated and poised, it balances power with a graceful, silky texture.
One of Bordeaux’s most highly regarded Second Growths, Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is known for its quintessential Pauillac style. Sophisticated and poised, it balances power with a graceful, silky texture.
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The Pichon Longueville estate goes back to 1688-1689. In 1850, Virginie de Pichon Longueville, Countess de Lalande, and her two sisters inherited three-fifths of the vineyard from their father. This took on the name of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. In 1978, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, daughter of Edouard Miailhe, in turn inherited this beautiful property and devoted herself entirely to continuing the tradition of quality wine. Just two families have been responsible for maintaining this wine's superb reputation for three centuries. Bordering on Château Latour, Second Growth Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is located in the southern part of Pauillac, near Saint-Julien.
The Pichon Longueville estate goes back to 1688-1689. In 1850, Virginie de Pichon Longueville, Countess de Lalande, and her two sisters inherited three-fifths of the vineyard from their father. This took on the name of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. In 1978, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, daughter of Edouard Miailhe, in turn inherited this beautiful property and devoted herself entirely to continuing the tradition of quality wine. Just two families have been responsible for maintaining this wine's superb reputation for three centuries. Bordering on Château Latour, Second Growth Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is located in the southern part of Pauillac, near Saint-Julien. The unusual choice of grape varieties (there is a much higher percentage of Merlot than average) is a partial explanation for this wine's outstanding personality, marked by elegance, balance and finesse. Traditional methods and modern technology combine to make the most of the estate's prestigious soil. This is one of the great châteaux of Bordeaux and is rightly one of the most sought
after Second Growths, with a reputation for producing wines that are typically Pauillac. Now owned by the Champagne house Louis Roederer, the new, recently installed winery is quite magnificent.
The bouquet is rich and exotic with expressive aromas of cassis, blackberry, violet and cigar box, all lifted by hints of graphite and iris fragrance. On the palate it is medium to full bodied, combining depth and precision with a refined, layered structure. Fine, powdery tannins shape the elegant frame, carrying pure dark fruits through to a long, focused finish marked by cedar, cocoa and mineral tension. Sophisticated and poised, it balances power with a graceful, silky texture. This is always one of my favourite’s!
Harvest 28th August - 23rd September with a yield of 24hl/ha. The Grand Vin will account for 52% of the crop this vintage. Aged in approximately 60% new aok barrels. Alc 13.1%
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