Red Wine: 1996 | Chteau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande | Pauillac (Magnum)

With layers of dark fruit, cedar, and tobacco unfolding on the palate, this wine showcases the complexity and depth of the Pauillac terroir. The silky tannins and balanced acidity promise a long, graceful finish that lingers beautifully.

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Producer: Chteau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Vintage: 1996

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Pauillac

With layers of dark fruit, cedar, and tobacco unfolding on the palate, this wine showcases the complexity and depth of the Pauillac terroir. The silky tannins and balanced acidity promise a long, graceful finish that lingers beautifully.

Producer Information

Chteau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a highly regarded wine estate in the Pauillac appellation of the Haut-Mdoc region of northern Bordeaux. of the most significant second growths in Pauillac, Bordeaux. Often shortened in common parlance to “Pichon-Lalande” or “Pichon Comtesse” (partly to differentiate it from neighbor, Chteau Pichon-Longueville Baron), the estate produces a regularly lauded, Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant grand vin. Pichon-Lalande also neighbors first-growth powerhouse, Chteau Latour at the southern end of the Pauillac appellation. All three estates share something of a similar terroir and climate, which partly helps to explain the quality of the wine at Comtesse de Lalande is sometimes referred to as “nearly first growth”. The Pichon-Lalande estate covers 85 hectares (210 acres) in both Pauillac and Saint-Julien. The Saint-Julien holding covers twelve hectares (30 acres) and although the estate has produced a simpled labeled Saint-Julien, this wine is now rarely encountered.