Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2012

The refinement and richness of a Pauillac red wine

The property

Second Grand Cru Classé of Pauillac, the magnificent Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande shines on the Pauillac appellation.

It was in 1925 that the Miailhe family, under the features of Édouard and Louis Miailhe, acquired this property on the left bank of Bordeaux. An emblematic figure of Gironde viticulture, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, daughter of Edouard Miailhe, managed the Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande from 1978 to 2007, the date of the estate's acquisition by the Rouzaud family, owners of the Champagne House Louis Roederer.

The vineyard

Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande represents 92 hectares, of which 72 are in production. The soils, composed of gravelly ridges on sandy-clay subsoils, benefit the vines, which are on average 30 years old. This large Pauillac vineyard is managed using reasoned viticulture with biodynamic practices on 32 hectares.

Grape varieties

Cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc and petit verdot.