The prestigious lines of the Pichon Longueville and the Lalande families had ended by the end of the century. The domain passed from aunts to nieces down through the generations. In 1920 the Médoc was bled white by the Great War, the vineyards auctioned. Despite these hard times, Edouard and Louis Miailhe, descendants of an old Bordeaux family of Vineyard owners and wine dealers, bought the Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in 1925. Acheta le Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande en 1925.