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  • Country ranking ?

    486
  • Producer ranking ?

    9
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

Château Pichon Longueville de Lalande is ideally situated between the Gironde estuary and the Atlantic Ocean. 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. 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 consis...

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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande



Château Pichon Longueville de Lalande is ideally situated between the Gironde estuary and the Atlantic Ocean. 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. Since the end of the 1970's, the reputation of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has acquired the status of a "supe...

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Vintage 1961

1961 - the greatest Bordeaux vintage of all time?

I am writing this during the primeur campaign and I notice that Bordeaux château owners and merchants have been exceptionally quiet this year. I've been following this part of the market remotely for almost 30 years now and have been told about a lot of the "vintages of the century". Once wines are bottled and sold or vice versa, as is the case in Bordeaux, these claims tend to be changed.

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Tasting note

color

Full, Ruby red and Healthy

ending

Long, Lingering and Gentle

flavors

Blackcurrant, Mint, Cigar-box, Leather, Cedar and Blackberry

nose

Ripe and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

High in Acidity, Perfectly balanced, Well-structured, Balanced, Medium-bodied, Ripe, Elegant, Harmonious and Silky tannins

Verdict

Outstanding and Full-bodied

Written Notes

Colour: Moderately deep garnet red with orange hue
Nose: Very elegant, spices, mint, soy, cigax box and cassis
Palate: Medium-bodied, vivid acidity, silky tannins, ripe fruitiness
Finish: Harmonious and elegant with leather and mocha flavours
In a word: Pure elegance
Buy or not? Yes, not the greatest Pichon-Lalande by no means but value for the money
Tasted: 9 times (Last time 2008)
Decant time: 1 h
Glass time:  2.5 h
When to drink: 2015
Food pairing: Duck confit
Fake factor: Moderately high
Inside information: Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has tradition of hand picking during the harvests. Every year more than one hundred people - often the same old families from Andalusia - pick the grapes in accordance with their maturity and the age of the parcel of land.
Or try this: Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1953
Final verdict: For this quality and at this price one of the finds of Bordeaux 1961s

  • 97p

This is the first time that I tasted the 1961 Pichon-Lalande. It has plenty of fruit and presence on the nose with blackberry, raspberry, brown spices and cedar. For me, it does not possess the complexity of subsequent vintages such as 1982 or 1989, yet there is wonderful purity here. The palate is medium-bodied with svelte tannin, a wonderful line of acidity and a silky smooth texture. This is a harmonious and sensual Pichon-Lalande, maybe not the most profound in terms of complexity that I have tasted, yet a complete joy at 58-years of age. Tasted at the vertical tasting at the château.

  • 92p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux
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