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Gildas then worked at Château Loudenne for a number of years. On the death of her husband in 1990 his aunt, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, a formidable woman of extraordinary energy and zest, asked him to join her at Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. She had taken over the stewardship of the château in 1978 and has made it into one of the most sought after wines in the world ; a wine of exceptional quality and one which has the rich, unctuous quality which gives it wild appeal.

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