Last time I rated this wine, in 2016, I gave it 98 points, and I questioned whether to keep it there, which is already an exceptional score, but I want to mark just how clearly it stood out in this horizontal. For me this is getting better as it ages, starting to rival the 1982 at Comtesse, and I can't wait to keep tasting it over the decades to come. Bright, vibrant tannins make the most of the high levels of acidity that were available in 2010, while matching them pace for pace with concentrated fruit. The 2010 Pichon Lalande exhibits a beautiful bouquet of aromas, mixing blackcurrant and violet, vanilla and cinnamon. It is a deep purple-hued, charming, surprisingly open-knit Pauillac with wonderful freshness, a plump. The texture is just liquid silk and it slowly but surely builds through the palate, gaining in confidence and totally delightful. A beautiful effort, the 2009 Pichon Lalande, a blend of 75 Cabernet Sauvignon, 20 Merlot and 5 Petit Verdot, possesses copious mocha, lead pencil, unsmoked, high class tobacco, black currant, forest floor and herbaceous characteristics. This is majestically impressive - it sparks to life in your mouth and breaks out an involuntary smile. "Silky, sweet black fruit, black olive and truffle notes from the start. Administrator Christian Seeley thinks the 2010 is the greatest Pichon Longueville Baron he has ever made, equaling some of the estates colossal wines from. The large, 100-hectare vineyard is planted to 65% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. and ready to ship from our climate controlled warehouse. Sensuous textures, deep concentrated layers of ripe fruit, and a perfume filled with earth, tobacco, and cassis. Buy Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2010 (750ML) for 279.99. Whether you like it more or less will depend on your point of view, but this wine, unlike most Pichon Lalandes, needs a good 5-7 years of cellaring and should keep for 30+ years.For many wine lovers, Chateau Pichon Lalande is one of the best examples of Bordeaux wine from Pauillac.
The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, a fine bead of acidity, a little peppery in style. It has a compact nose that demands aeration, opening up with blackberry, raspberry coulis, graphite and light iris aromas, all well defined but implying that it has more to give in the future. Full-bodied, impressively endowed, and less sexy and velvety than normal, this is a somewhat different style of Pichon Lalande than most readers have been used to. The 2010 Pichon-Lalande is again, very deep in colour. Deep garnet colored, the 2010 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande gives up notes of warm cassis, blueberry pie and kirsch with wafts of cedar chest, pencil. Structured, backward and tannic, yet showing a fat mid-palate that is more savory, broader and more expansive than I remember from barrel, this wine is somewhat reminiscent of the 1986, given the Cabernet Sauvignon domination of the blend. A final blend dominated much more by Cabernet Sauvignon than usual (66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot), the wine is a tighter, more tannic and structured version of this famed Pauillac, which often tends to have more of a St-Julien-like personality than most Pauillacs. In 1978, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, daughter of Edouard Miailhe, in turn. This took on the name of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. In 1850, Virginie de Pichon Longueville, Countess de Lalande, and her two sisters inherited three-fifths of the vineyard from their father. "The 2010 Pichon Lalande is performing extremely well and at the top of the range I predicted several years ago. Pauillac AOC Grand Cru Class Chteau Pichon Comtesse de Lalande 2010 - Chteau Pichon Comtesse de Lalande Vintage: 2010 Appellation: Pauillac AOC Bottle. 2010 Pichon Lalande is a blend of 66 Cabernet Sauvignon, 24 Merlot, 7 Cabernet Franc, and 3 Petit Verdot and has a deep garnet color. The Pichon Longueville estate goes back to 1688-1689. Less opulent than the 2009 but with greater freshness and firmer, more tannic finish despite the higher proportion of merlot this year. In the palate the tannis appear mature and melted, revealing a strong affirmed structure a suprising suppleness,perfect harmony with long persistency. The nose is distinguished by a bouquet of aromas, mixing blackcurrant, cinnamon, vanilla and violet. Vineyards, located right next to the Gironde Estuary, cover 102ha and carefully selected fruit from over 70 plots make up the final wine.
Since 2007, the chateau has been owned by the Louis Roederer champagne house and production is now organic/biodynamic. Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de LalandeĪ blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot
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