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générales du vin |
The vineyard of Pichon Longueville Baron stretches out on a beatiful land with a soil made of gravels from la Garonne river in the south of the appellation, on the plateau that serves as a transition between the commune of Pauillac and Saint-Julien. Planted with vines since the late seventeenth century, it became almost immediately famous. Produced by Jacques de Pichon Baron de Longueville the wines of Pichon Baron were challenging the quality of those of Latour in the early eighteenth century. Promoted Second Cru Classé in 1855, the estate is divided for the inheritance, and the wines are vinified separately since 1860: Raoul, only surviving son of the Baron Joseph, takes the helm of the current Pichon Longueville Baron, often called ""Pichon Baron,"" while his daughter Virginia, wife of Comte de Lalande, receives the other portion of the property, hence the name of her part : 'Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. The chateau, inspired by the Chateau of Azay le Rideau, was built in 1851 by Raoul. The estate remained the ownership of the Pichon family until 1933, when it was sold to the Bouteiller family. It was then managed by their descendants for the following fifty years, and when Axa acquired it in 1987, it was more similar to a sleeping beauty. The management was entrusted to Jean-Michel Cazes, owner of Lynch-Bages in Pauillac. A major program of renovation of the cellars and technical facilities of Pichon-Longueville was then undertaken. Cabernet Sauvignon reigns indisputably in the vineyard of Pichon Baron, carefully maintained by the team of Jean-Rene Matignon, technical director of the area. The harvest are manual and subject to a total stalking. After the vinification processes, the wines are aged for 15 to 18 months in barrels of which 80% are renewed each year.
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Commentaires de dégustation |
"Rubis-pourpre foncé, le 1994 exhale un excellent nez aux purs arômes de cassis écrasé. Moyennement corsé, il déploie à l'attaque en bouche un doux fruité et des tannins abondants, mais n'a pas la richesse et la densité sous-jacentes d'autres Pauillac de ce même millésime (...)." Source : Robert Parker (1/97) |
