Since the end of the 1970's, the reputation of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has acquired the status of a "super second" and a "nearly first", in light of the consistency of its quality. The variety of parcels of land, due to the elements of the earth and their encepagement explains the complexity of the personality of the wines of Pichon. The international reputation of this "Super Second" Growth can be attributed to unfailing quality and dynamic owners.Château Pichon Longueville de Lalande is ideally situated between the Gironde estuary and the Atlantic Ocean. Traditional methods and modern technology combine to make the most of the estate's prestigious soil. The unusual choice of grape varieties (there is a much higher percentage of Merlot than average) is a partial explanation for this wine's outstanding personality, marked by elegance, balance and finesse. Bordering on Château Latour, Second Growth Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is located in the southern part of Pauillac, near Saint-Julien.
In 1978, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, daughter of Edouard Miailhe, in turn inherited this beautiful property and devoted herself entirely to continuing the tradition of quality wine.Just two families have been responsible for maintaining this wine's superb reputation for three centuries. This took on the name of Château 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 Pichon Longueville estate goes back to 1688-1689. Here is a Pauillac brimming with tension and focus, the wine achieving tremendous precision on its long and persistent finish.
CHATEAU PICHON LALANDE FULL
The palate is medium-bodied but do not let that full you. It has a stunning, intense blackberry, mineral-laden nose that is suffused with great tension and vigour. 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. 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. 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.
Cellar Selection.ĩ5+ Point Wine Advocate -"The 2010 Pichon Lalande is performing extremely well and at the top of the range I predicted several years ago.
It shows the soft side of the vintage, but is also meant for aging. It has a stronger presence of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than in the past, making it more structured than its predecessors, with a dominance of black currant flavor. 96 Point Wine Enthusiast - "With signs of new wood on the palate, this is a wine that maintains the polished feel of the wines from Pichon Lalande.
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