![]() ![]() The ‘grand vin’ represents 50% of production and has around 70% Cabernet Sauvignon in the final blend. The second wine, Pichon Comtesse Réserve, known as Réserve de la Comtesse until the 2017 vintage, is made from younger vines and specific plots. Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are also planted here. When Baron Joseph Pichon de Longueville died in 1850, the land was split between his children into Châteaux Pichon Comtesse and Pichon Baron. In 1925, the Miailhe family acquired the estate and their daughter, May Eliane de Lencquesaing, owned and managed the property from 1978 to 2006 when she sold to the Rouzaud family, owners of Champagne Louis Roederer among other prestigious wineries.Īn ongoing replanting programme will expand the area under vine from 74 to 90 hectares by 2022 which in turn should increase the share of Cabernet Sauvignon from 55% to 65%. Soil mapping has enabled each parcel to be matched to the ideal grape variety so that Cabernet Sauvignon is grown on the gravel soils, with Merlot on the sandy and clay sub-soils. The estate once belonged to Pierre Desmezures de Rauzan in the 17 th Century as a dowry for his daughter and passed to Baron Jacques Pichon de Longueville upon marriage. The layers offer excellent drainage in the relatively flat topography of the region allowing water to run off into “jalles” or streams, which subsequently flow off into the Gironde.Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, more commonly known as Pichon Lalande or Pichon Comtesse, is in the appellation of Pauillac. Ranked a Second Growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, it is classed unofficially as a ‘Super Second’ due to the high prices achieved for its wines. Layers of gravel in the Pauillac region are key to its wines’ character and quality. Cabernet-based Bordeaux Blends) include inky and juicy blackcurrant, cedar or cigar box and plush or chalky tannins. Today producers such as Chateau Pontet-Canet, Chateau Grand Puy-Lacoste, Chateau Lynch-Bages, among others (all fifth growth) offer some of the most outstanding wines in all of Bordeaux.ĭefining characteristics of fine wines from Pauillac (i.e. The finest chateaux in that year were judged on the basis of reputation and trading price changes in rank since then have been miniscule at best. The Left Bank of Bordeaux subscribes to an arguably outdated method of classification that goes back to 1855. ![]() While the first growths are certainly some of the better producers of the Left Bank, today they often compete with some of the “lower ranked” producers (second, third, fourth, fifth growth) in quality and value. Estephe on its northern end and Chateau Latour is at Pauillac’s southern end, bordering St. Chateau Lafite Rothschild and Mouton Rothschild border St. The leader on the Left Bank in number of first growth classified producers within its boundaries, Pauillac has more than any of the other appellations, at three of the five. The international reputation of this "Super Second" Growth can be attributed to unfailing quality and dynamic owners. Traditional methods and modern technology combine to make the most of the estate's prestigious soil. 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. Bordering on Chateau Latour, Second Growth Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is located in the southern part of Pauillac, near Saint-Julien. Just two families have been responsible for maintaining this wine's superb reputation for three centuries. ![]() 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. This took on the name of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. In 1850, Virginie de Pichon Longueville, Countess de Lalande, and her two sisters inherited three-fifths of the vineyard from their father. The Pichon Longueville estate goes back to 1688-1689. ![]()
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