Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 5-hectare parcel planted in the

5-hectare parcel planted in the 1960s on gabbro - the same volcanic rock that gives his Bouquinardieres its energy - ferments and ages for 18 to 24 months in egg-shaped vessels (the ovoide of the name)

roughly 60/40 in 2023

A genuinely unusual bottle that doesn't make you work for it

Jean-Claude Bessin and his son Romain practice biodynamic viticulture on their 12-hectare estate

and Sekhar's hand is deliberately light: minimal intervention

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 5-hectare parcel planted in thePichon Comtesse is the silkier, more perfumed half of the old Pichon estate, today owned by the Rouzaud family of Champagne Louis Roederer. The 2014 is one of those sneaky good classical Pauillac vintages that the market briefly underrated and the cellar crowd quietly piled into. A traditional Cabernet led blend rounded with Merlot and a kiss of Petit Verdot, it has the floral, graphite edged Comtesse signature plus enough structure to keep evolving.