(Château Pichon Baron, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Login and subscribe to see review text. Still really good and enjoyable, but if you're a Bordeaux novice like me, and drink mostly CA stuff, this wine remains French AF.ĩ people found this helpful, do you? Yes - NoĬhâteau Pichon Baron vertical: 2000-2020,, ( See more on Decanter.) this was downright delicate compared to those CA beasts. When I think of California beasts I think Bevan, Apperture, etc. Most interesting to me was that some people describe this as a beast or Napa-esque. The bouquet was enticing and pretty rich in the mouth - fresh, ripe red fruit with a little oak and dark earth. Was really tasty with my bacon :) Saved the rest for early dinner of mushroom and truffle rissotto with pancetta: by this time (maybe 20 hours after initial open), it's really starting to sing. Tried a couple oz the next morning with brunch: Now we're talking. Decanted for 2 hours on Sat night and it was still super tight - lots of tannins and muted nose and palate.

Maybe jumped the gun a bit, but I saw these notes talking about it being in the window, if young, or even being so big and intense.įirst: Definitely on the young side and needed TONS of time. At least a decade of cellaring is required before the wines should be approached.I've been anxious to open this one my first serious Bordeaux purchase several years ago. In the best years, it is one of the most exotic and voluptuously scented wines of the Médoc. Pichon-Longueville Lalande is not as powerful or as tannic as some its Pauillac neighbours and this is mainly because of its relatively high Merlot content. The wine is fermented in stainless steel cuvées and then matured in oak barriques (50% new) for 18 months. Located in the east of the Pauillac appellation, the vineyards ( Cabernet Sauvignon 45%, Merlot 35%, Cabernet Franc 12%, Petit Verdot 8%) lie on deep gravel beds underpinned by clay and then sandstone and limestone (part of these vineyards actually reside in the St-Julien appellation). Pichon-Longueville Lalande is a 75-hectare property that produces on average 36,000 cases per year. James Laubé of the Wine Spectator baptised Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, 'A First Class Second Cru', a most fitting tribute. The wine is seductive when young without prejudicing its longevity. In the palate, the tannins appear mature and melted, revealing a strong and affirmed structure, a surprising suppleness, perfect harmony and long persistency. The nose is distinguished by a bouquet of aromas, mixing blackcurrant and violet, vanilla and cinnamon. Complexity, elegance and longevity are the hallmarks of this race, they are found every year during the creation of the vintages.

The unique encepagement and the twelve hectares of vines situated on the soils of St Julien endow the wines of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande with an exceptional personality compared with the other crus of the Pauillac appellation. 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. Château Pichon Longueville de Lalande is ideally situated between the Gironde estuary and the Atlantic Ocean.

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