She and her husband, a retired general, visited oenology classes and started making plans for the future. She soon got down to business, starting by going back to school. The general financial situation in Bordeaux was miserable at the time and Pichon was badly in need of change and investments. de Lencquesaing drew Pichon Lalande and cried for three days as this was the one property she did not want to inherit. In 1978 the family were drawing lots from a cake tin with the names of their châteaux, Mme. Edouard and Louis Miailhe, descendants of an old Bordeaux family of Vineyard owners and wine dealers, bought the Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in 1925. In 1855 the Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande acquired the status of Second Cru Classé. Her passion for vines and the quality of her management made her a strong personality in the Médoc in the last century, leaving her mark on the domain that has kept her name. From then on the lands of Pichon Longueville would have two very different futures.Īnticipating this indivision, Virginie married Count Henri de Lalande, and took over the control of the domain, the Count giving her independence and the title of Comtesse de Lalande. After a period of several years during which the property was administered by the Baron Raoul de Pichon Longueville, the rupture was effective. The Baron Joseph de Pichon Longueville’s children Raoul and Virginie inherited the property. Since the end of the 1970's, the reputation of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has acquired the status of a "super second" and a "nearly first", in light of the consistency of its quality. The variety of parcels of land, due to the elements of the earth and their encepagement explains the complexity of the personality of the wines of Pichon. It goes for minutes”.Īs the chart above shows, it is priced at a discount of around 10% to the similarly scored 20.īuyers might alternatively look back to last year: the 2014 has a score of 93-95 from Neal Martin and is available at an 37.3% discount on the 2015.Ĭhâteau Pichon Longueville de Lalande is ideally situated between the Gironde estuary and the Atlantic Ocean. Neal Martin (95-97) called it “quite brilliant” while James Suckling (96-97) described it as “Precise. The wine has received a set of strong reviews from critics. It is being offered by the international trade at £995 per 12×75. Pichon Lalande 2015 has been released at €96 per bottle ex-negociant, up 48.1% on the 2014 release price of €64.8. The changes will be in place from the 2017 The bottle shape has been very slightly changed, to be a little more conical.įormerly known as ‘Reserve de la Comtesse’ and featuring a small portrait of Virginie de Pichon Longueville, the estate’s second wine will henceforth be known as ‘Pichon Comtesse Réserve’. They also look similar, pointing to a clearer link between the two wines. The new look was revealed last week during Vinexpo and is meant to both coincide with the tenth anniversary of renovation work at the winery and an official recognition of the property’s sobriquet, ‘Pichon Comtesse’.Ĭharles Fournier, commercial and marketing director at the estate, explained that the new labels are, “purer and have a more modern feel”.
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