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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
1991 A supple, fruity wine full of finesse thanks to the excellent quality and concentration of the Merlots.
Assemblage:
45% Cabernet Sauvignon
35% Merlot
12% Cabernet Franc
8% Petit Verdot
Hiver:
Cold, snow in February.
Printemps:
Arrived ahead of normal causing the early appearance of leaves. Severe frost (20and 21 april). 80% of the harvest was lost. The rest of Spring was cold and rainy.
Mid point of flowering June 15th
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Vintage 1991
The 1991 Bordeaux vintage is remembered as a severely climate-damaged campaign, forever marked by a devastating, historic frost in late April that destroyed a vast portion of the crop across the entire region.
Coming off three consecutive legendary vintages (1988, 1989, and 1990), 1991 brought Bordeaux's golden run to a sudden halt.
Climate & Growing Conditions
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The April Frost: On the night of April 20–21, temperatures plummeted...
