Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2003

The aromatic expression and refinement of a Pauillac red wine

The estate

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

This large Pauillac vineyard rests on soils composed of gravelly hills on sandy-clay subsoils.

Grape varieties

Cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc and petit verdot.