Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 Jean-Claude Bessin and his son

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

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and Sekhar's hand is deliberately light: minimal intervention

This third collaboration between California's Wolves Whiskey and Kentucky's Willett Family Estate blends hand-selected Kentucky rye (51% rye

100% Nerello Mascalese from 100-year-old vines in the contradas of Arcuria

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 Jean-Claude Bessin and his sonPichon 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.