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But most importantly, a massive investment was made into understanding the Longueville terroir, its best vineyard plots, in addition to modern winemaking techniques and only the finest French oak. They commissioned the creation of the existing modern winery, designed by Patrick Dillon and Jean de Gastines. Motivated by their desire to return Pichon to its former glory, they purchased new vineyards in superior sites. The company director, Jean-Michel Cazes, and his winemaker friend Daniel Llose, soon began an incredible program of improvements and restoration to this historical Château. The property’s return to splendor occurred in the late 1980s when the family sold Longueville to the AXA Millsimes insurance firm. The wine quality slipped, and loyal customers slowly turned away. Bertrand Boutellier, who inherited the property from his father Jean, showed little enthusiasm for producing fine Bordeaux, nor was he disposed to making an essential investment into the Châteaux. Thereafter the fortunes of Longueville would slide when it was sold to the Boutellier family in 1933. Explore our range New Listings Immediately Available 100-point wines Mature Bordeaux All Champagne. However, following its owner’s death, Joseph de Pichon-Longueville, and subsequently his son, Raoul, the estate was divided into two. Pichon-Longueville Baron, is ranked as one of the 15 Second Growths from the 1855 Classification and is. Before the 1860s, the estate was joined with its twin property Pichon-Lalande, having been founded by the same family. Today, the wines of this renowned estate are justly celebrated. Pichon Longueville Baron 2eme Grand Cru Classe CBO a partir de 6 bts, Red, Pauillac. For Pichon-Longueville – renamed from Pichon Baron – has enjoyed a remarkable history in Bordeaux, and like so many of its neighbors, has lived through prosperous and more challenging times. Dominating the region with its architecturally splendid fairy tale Château, Pichon-Longueville’s star talking point is the bold, baroque winery, which is floodlit at night, giving first-time visitors to the area a wonderful sense of the estate’s theatricality and importance. The wines are powerful, virile, structured, and long-lived. Beautiful Deuxième Cru (Second Growth) Château Pichon-Longueville, in the Pauillac wine region is quite simply one of Bordeaux’s finest estates and the poster child for superlative claret. Chteau Pichon Longueville Baron or Chteau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville (commonly referred to as Pichon Baron) has dates back to 1694.