Château Pichon Longueville Réserve de la Comtesse Pauillac 2014 1.5L

A dense ruby/purple colour with a complex nose of cedar wood, spice box, blackcurrants, and smoke. Abundant plumpness and flesh on the palate. The texture is caressing, sensual and well-structured in the centre thanks to the tannins. The structure is long without any aggressiveness. The aromatic persistence is floral and spicy. In the Bordeaux region the classified crus have mixed soils, but large enough tracts of land to make very rigorous selections. It is only the quest for excellence during the XVIIIth century that led the owners to elaborate several wines of different quality. Severe selecting is the guarantee of quality of a great wine, but also of a second wine. Today, the second wines represent between 20 and 50 % of the total production of the Chateau. From the same soil, the second wine benefits from the same technology as the great wine, and also its reputation. They are generally excellent wines, though less robust and long lasting than their elders. The archives kept at C