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2023 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 750 ml
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Shortly before the 1855 Classification of Bordeaux, Jacques Pichon Baron de Longueville died, and his domaine was divided among his heirs. His eldest son, Raoul, inherited what we’ve come to know as Pichon-Longueville Baron. The Baron’s daughters inherited the remainder. Virginie, the beautiful wife of the Henri Comte Raymonde de Lalande, outlived her sisters Gabrielle and Sophie, and their combined estate created what’s come to be called Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande.
Pichon-Lalande remained in Virginie’s family until 1925, when it was bought by the Miailhe brothers, descendants of well-known Médoc producers. Edouard Miailhe’s daughter, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, the wife of a general in the French army, took charge in 1978. It was on her watch that Pichon-Lalande achieved its global acclaim, including the 100-point score that Robert Parker gave to the 1982.
In 2007, de Lencquesaing sold her beloved domain to the Rouzauds, owners of Louis Roederer and its prestige cuvée, Cristal. Pichon-Lalande is now the very epitome of a Super Second, a Second Growth Bordeaux whose prestige challenges that of the First Growths.