Last week, Madame May-Eliane de Lencquesaing presented Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande at a tasting hosted by the Commanderie de Bordeaux Suisse Romande in Geneva, one of the Commanderies de Bordeaux, a global network of wine societies dedicated to celebrating Bordeaux’s great estates. Maxime Bureau, her grandson and Glenelly’s estate representative, followed by presenting the wines of Glenelly to the room.
For Madame, the afternoon continued a relationship with the Commanderie that stretches back more than four decades. She was inducted as a Commandeur in 1981, following in the footsteps of her father, who was among the very first members when the order was founded after the war. In the years since, she has travelled the world helping establish new Commanderies abroad, from Hong Kong to Singapore to the United States, carrying Bordeaux’s traditions to new audiences wherever she went. She has even seen that same spirit take root closer to home, with a Commanderie chapter now established in the Cape.
Maxime spoke about Glenelly Estate’s wines and Madame’s journey from Bordeaux to Stellenbosch, a fitting follow-on to her own presentation of Pichon Lalande.
It was, by every account, an afternoon to remember. We’re grateful to the Commanderie de Bordeaux Suisse Romande for hosting such a memorable celebration of Madame’s life in wine.
