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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
1998 A silky wine of great depth, with extremely elegant aromas, and an excellent tannic structure
Assemblage:
55% Cabernet Sauvignon
30% Merlot
15% Cabernet Franc
Hiver:
Warm and dry.
Printemps:
April was exceptionally rainy, although the mild, dry weather returned in May. The flowering was swift and even.
Mid-point of flowering : 5th June.
Été:
A period of drought which stressed the vines, accompanied by abnormally low te...
