Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 roughly 60/40 in 2023

roughly 60/40 in 2023

5-hectare parcel planted in the 1960s on gabbro - the same volcanic rock that gives his Bouquinardieres its energy - ferments and ages for 18 to 24 months in egg-shaped vessels (the ovoide of the name)

This third collaboration between California's Wolves Whiskey and Kentucky's Willett Family Estate blends hand-selected Kentucky rye (51% rye

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Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 roughly 60/40 in 2023Pichon Comtesse is the silkier, more perfumed half of the old Pichon estate, today owned by the Rouzaud family of Champagne Louis Roederer. The 2014 is one of those sneaky good classical Pauillac vintages that the market briefly underrated and the cellar crowd quietly piled into. A traditional Cabernet led blend rounded with Merlot and a kiss of Petit Verdot, it has the floral, graphite edged Comtesse signature plus enough structure to keep evolving.