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Wine Description
The Story
Château Pichon Longueville de Lalande is ideally situated between the Gironde estuary and the Atlantic Ocean. The variety of parcels of land, due to the elements of the earth and their encepagement explains the complexity of the personality of the wines of Pichon. Since the end of the 1970's, the reputation of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has acquired the status of a "super second" and a "nearly first", in light of the consis...
Wine Information
1976 A very good quality vintage. A year of considerable finesse. A well balanced wine that is supple, smooth, fat, and very long.
Assemblage:
45% Cabernet Sauvignon
35% Merlot
12% Cabernet Franc
8% Petit Verdot
Hiver:
Poor weather.
Very rainy.
Printemps:
Successful flowering. No coulure
Mid-point of flowering: June 4th
Été:
Apart from a couple of storms in July, very hot and dry. The driest summer for the past 35 years. ...
