Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 graphite and fresh Santa Rosa

graphite and fresh Santa Rosa plums are aromatic highlights with a full

in the Sierra Morena mountains of northern Andalucía

a single bowl of vines tucked in the hills between Ukiah and Anderson Valley where he is a partner in the vineyard

and Sekhar's hand is deliberately light: minimal intervention

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

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2014 JULY42024 graphite and fresh Santa RosaPichon 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.