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Château Pichon Comtesse de Lalande, 2ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Château Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande

Château Pichon Comtesse de Lalande, 2ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2023

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justerini & brooks tasting note

This is yet another quintessential Pichon Comtesse from Nicolas Glumineau. As usual, this is detailed, fragrant and impeccably formed. Noble aromas of sandalwood, violets and creme de cassis emerge from the glass. The palate is rippling with tension and tannic grip; this is clearly a Grand Vin packed with dark, brooding fruit. Pixelated tannins provide a flourishing finishing that haunts the palate. Clearly a gloriously composed, complete Pichon Comtesse, which is both muscular and taut and also rather serene and flowing. Serious stuff.

critic reviews

95-97/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2023 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is deep garnet-purple in color. It slowly emerges from the glass with compelling restraint, offering glimpses at scents of cassis, kirsch, and fresh blackberries followed by nuances of violets, graphite, and cedar chest. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound and energetic, with a firm frame of grainy tannins and beautifully knit freshness, finishing long and earthy. This is a classic. The blend is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2050
date of review 05/2024
98/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Intense and luxurious, with wonderful balance and grip, has the old school feel of a powerful, structured but effortlessly drinkable Pauillac with the precison and sculpted fruit quality of recent vintages at this exceptional estate. A gorgeous mix of cassis, cocoa bean, espresso, squid ink, graphite, pencil lead and gunsmoke. A wine you will want to drink and share, and one that is fully at the top of the vintage. 14.7% press wine, 60% new oak, final year of conversion to organics. Nicolas Glumineau director. Tasted twice.

DRINKING WINDOW 2033 - 2050
date of review 05/2024
96-98/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande was picked from September 6 until 29, with some rain on September 20 in the middle of Cabernet picking. But, Nicolas Glumineau remarked that the vineyard/fruit was in good condition; one day of rain did not affect the quality. The 2023 has a quintessential Comtesse bouquet, displaying pure and expressive black fruit laced with violet and graphite, delivered with impressive delineation. The palate is very refined on the entry. This is armed with beguiling symmetry—poised yet intense on the finish. It doesn’t exert huge grip because it knows it doesn't need to, and it fans out gloriously. Outstanding.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2060
date of review 04/2024
97-99/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a brilliant wine that will be worth a special effort to track down. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of wild berries and cassis mingled with licorice, lilac, iris root, violet, burning embers and pencil shavings, it's medium to full-bodied, seamless and complete, with a deep, layered core of cool fruit that largely conceals it's ultra-refined structuring tannins. At a very measured 13% alcohol and 3.67 pH, it unites all Pichon Comtesse's sensuality with unimpeachable Pauillac classicism. The 2023 is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc.

date of review 04/2024

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
Pauillac
Producer:
Château Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Cab Sauvignon Merlot
abv:
13%

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