Once owned by Jacques Pichon de Longueville speaker of theBordeaux Parlement. He
created the 2 vineyards that today belongs to the Châteaus with Pichon in their name,
1602 Bernard Pichon, son of François de Pichon, was born.
He married Anne Daffis de Longueville, the only daughter of Baron de Longueville,
on September 8th 1646.
The Longueville barony passed into the Pichon family thanks to the dowry of Anne
de Longueville, Bernard's wife.
Bernard and Anne's second son, Jacques, was born in 1649
Their elder son, François, acquired the large Parempuyre barony when he married Benoîte d'Alesme in 1671.
Jacques was given his father's title of Baron de Longueville after marrying Thérèse des Mesures de Rauzan (daughter of Pierre Rauzan, who created the estate.) on February 9th 1694.
1694: As of this date, the Pichon family was divided into two branches: the Pichon-Parempuyre branch, descending from François, and the Pichon-Longueville branch, descending from Jacques.
Jacques de Pichon died in 1731. His son, also called Jacques, inherited his title. While the Parempuyre branch of the family devoted themselves to the Bordeaux Parliament, the Longueville branch were committed to winegrowing, expanding on and consolidating their vineyard holdings.
1755 Joseph was born. Joseph got the title.
1784 Joseph married Mademoiselle Narbonne de Pelet d'Anglade. They had 5
children. The oldest Raoulbecame Baron de Pichon Longueville.
1835 Louis died without any children.
1850 Old Baron Joseph died at the age of 95. The estate was split into 2. One
part went to Raoul (brother to Louis) and the other part went to the 3 sisters
of Louis.
1851 Raoul de Pichon-Longueville built the château at the age of 64.
1860 Raoul dies. Contess de Lalande, Marie-Laure Virgine started to manage the
feminine part of the estate. From this time the wines are separated and know as
Baron and Countess Pichon estates.
The Pichon-Longueville family lived at the château until 1933.
1935, the Bouteiller family, who also owned Château Palmer bought the estate from Baron
de Pichon-Longueville.
1987, AXA-Millésimes bought the estate. They started to produce a quality wine again.
The Château is often called Pichon-Baron to distinguish from Pichon-Comtesse.
It was formerly called "La Bâtisse", "La Bastide" and
"La Baderne".
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Pauillac
Pauillac
Deuxièmes Cru Classé. I.e. Pichon-Longueville is in the 2e Grand Cru Classé from the 1855 years classification.
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Le Baronet de Pichot
Château de Longueville is located between the villages of Saint-Julien and Saint-Lambert. Almost enclosed by Château Latour.
60 % Cabernet Sauvignon,
30 % Merlot,
10 % mix of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec.
Iin the southern part of Pauillac. A perfect site for wine making.
Fine gravelly soil.
112.5 acres (45) of vineyards.
80 - 178 tonneaux (medium 150),
14 000 cases (12 bottles)
The grapes are picked by hand.
The first fermentation takes place in very low temperature ( < 28° C ) to keep the bouquet within the wine.
1961, 1982-83, 1986, 1988-90,
| Technical Manager | Jean-René Matignon |
| Cellar Master | Patrick Pinto |
| Vineyard Manager | Joél Dufuy |
AXA Millésimes
By appointment.
Daily 9 -12.30 , 14 - 18.30 (19.00 in summer)
Château Pichon-Longueville (Baron),
Saint-Lambert,
F-33250 Pauillac,
France
Tel. +33 (0)5 56 73 17 17
Fax. +33 (0)5 56 73 17 28
http://www.pichonlongueville.com/
