The Collection
- Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac (100 pts)
- Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac (100 pts)
- Château La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan (99 pts)
- Château L'Evangile, Pomerol (99 pts)
- Château Troplong Mondot, Saint-Emilion (97 pts)
- Carruades de Lafite (2nd Wine of Lafite Rothschild)
2016 Vintage
Château Troplong Mondot
Château Troplong Mondot
Troplong Mondot commands one of the highest elevations in Saint-Émilion, perched on a limestone plateau above the town itself. Its elevated position contributes to excellent drainage and long, slow ripening. Classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé (B), the estate has a long history dating back to the 18th century and has undergone major investment and vineyard restructuring in recent decades. Its size, vineyard continuity, and commanding terroir make it one of the most physically imposing estates on the Right Bank.
Saint-Émilion
2016 Vintage
Pontet-Canet
Pontet-Canet
Pontet-Canet occupies a prime position on the northern Pauillac plateau, bordering Château Mouton Rothschild, with deep Günzian gravel soils ideally suited to Cabernet Sauvignon. Classified as a 5th Growth in 1855, it has risen dramatically in reputation over the past two decades under the leadership of Alfred Tesseron. The estate is notable for being one of the earliest major classified growths to fully commit to biodynamic farming, using horses instead of tractors on parts of the vineyard and eliminating synthetic inputs. Pontet-Canet is widely cited as a case study in how terroir-driven viticulture can elevate historic classified estates beyond their original ranking.
Pauillac
2016 Vintage
Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Château La Mission Haut-Brion stands among the great estates of Bordeaux, long regarded as a peer of the First Growths despite its absence from the 1855 Classification. Its history stretches back to the 16th century, while its vineyards sit directly opposite Château Haut-Brion, sharing the same exceptional gravel terrace in Pessac-Léognan. The estate takes its name from the Lazarist missionaries who acquired it in 1682 and spent generations developing its vineyards, leaving behind the historic chapel and spiritual character that still define the property today. Since 1983, La Mission Haut-Brion has been owned by the Dillon family, placing it under the same ownership as neighboring Haut-Brion and uniting two of Bordeaux’s most legendary estates.
Pessac-Léognan
2016 Vintage
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is one of the great estates of Pauillac, tracing its history to the original Pichon Longueville property founded in the 17th century. When the estate was divided among the family in 1850, Virginie de Pichon Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande, inherited the portion that would bear her name and become one of Bordeaux’s most celebrated châteaux. Classified as a Second Growth in 1855, Pichon Comtesse occupies exceptional gravel-and-clay terroir near the Gironde estuary, neighboring some of Pauillac’s greatest vineyards. Since 2007, the estate has been owned by the family behind Champagne Louis Roederer, continuing a remarkable history shaped by just three families over more than three centuries.
Pauillac
2016 Vintage
Château L'Evangile
Château L'Evangile
Château L’Évangile occupies one of the most extraordinary addresses in Pomerol, with its vineyards bordered by Pétrus to the north and separated from Cheval Blanc by little more than a country road to the south. The estate traces its origins to the Léglise family in the 18th century and was already recognized as a “Premier Cru du Haut-Pomerol” by Cocks & Féret in 1868. Its 22 hectares sit along a rare strip of gravel on the Pomerol plateau, layered with clay and ideally suited to Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Acquired by Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite in 1990, L’Évangile today stands among the defining estates of Pomerol.
Pomerol
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2016 Château Pontet-Cane
Top-tier, biodynamically farmed Pauillac with Cabernet-led power but precision. The 2016 is widely described as vivid, mineral and wonderfully balanced — black-currant and cassis, violet florals, graphite/mineral lift and very fine-grained tannins.
2016 Château L'Evangile
Right-bank Merlot dominance: plush, sensual Pomerol with dark plum, truffle and spice. 2016 L’Evangile is concentrated but finely textured — velvet tannins and saline minerality that give freshness to the ripe fruit. A wine that rewards patience.
2016 Troplong Mondoc
Powerful, opulent Saint-Émilion with dominant Merlot richness in 2016: black forest cake, espresso/graphite, violets and very plush texture. Tannins are big but polished; many tasters call this a “monster” with long ageing potential (drinking windows often from late 2020s into mid-21st century).
2016 Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Directly across the road from First Growth Château Haut-Brion, excluded from the famous ranking simply because the classification stopped at the borders of the Médoc. Collectors have spent the generations since correcting that omission. Since 1983, both estates have belonged to the Dillon family, yet La Mission remains unmistakably its own wine.
2016 Château Pichon Longueville
They have spent generations producing wines that belong in the conversation with Pauillac’s First Growths. Now carrying four separate 100-point scores, it has emerged as one of the defining wines of an extraordinary Bordeaux vintage and one of the great modern releases from this historic estate.
2016 Carruades de Lafite
Carruades has become one of Bordeaux’s most sought-after second wines, carrying the unmistakable pedigree of Château Lafite Rothschild while maintaining an identity entirely its own. The 2016 is a particularly compelling example, combining one of Bordeaux’s great modern vintages with the singular terroir and winemaking lineage of a First Growth Pauillac estate.
