Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande 2me cru classé, Pauillac

"Pichon-Comtesse" is one of Bordeaux's most seductive wines — a Pauillac with an unusually high proportion of merlot that gives it a voluptuousness rare in the appellation. Under the Rouzaud family's ownership it has maintained the standard set by the legendary May de Lencquesaing. Across the road from Latour, with vineyards that also extend into St-Julien, it is one of the Médoc's great terroir stories — and one of its most reliable addresses for wines of real elegance and longevity.