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  • Country ranking ?

    1 019
  • Producer ranking ?

    21
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Garlic Roasted Pork Shoulder

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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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Wine Information

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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Vintage 2005

Bordeaux Vintage Report 2005 is a truly fantastic vintage with great quality across the board on both the Left and Right Banks.

The 2005 vintage became the most anticipated since 2000. The early market was heated and prices skyrocketed. The cold winter delayed bud break before the warm, dunny spring broke through. Even the vegetative growth and flowering gave a perfect start to the vintage. The summer turned out to be one of the driest ever...

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Tasting note

color

Deep and Ruby red

ending

Long, Smooth and Lingering

flavors

Blackcurrant, Cedar and Herbs

nose

Open, Ripe, Generous and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Good texture, Harmonious, Fruity, Rich and Drying tannins

Verdict

Well-rounded and Sophisticated

Written Notes

Deep garnet-purple in color, it opens with pronounced black currants, crushed blackberries and fresh black plums with hints of cigar box, sandalwood and cinnamon stick plus a waft of mossy bark. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, energetic and fresh with layers of black fruit, perfumed incense and fragrant earth notions, lingering nicely with exotic spices coming through on the finish.

  • 94p

This is a sumptuous wine, its black fruit tones surrounding ripe tannins. It is generous in acidity as well as an open ripe-fruit character. It is concentrated and obviously designed to age well.

  • 94p
Tasted in April 2016. Cool version and typical Pauillac, if you compare it with 2009 vintage. Also here voluptolous, aromatic nose, ripe fruit, spicy, Cabernet Sauvignon shining through, splendid length, excellent complexity. Maybe a bit drier and not the same level of sweetness than in 2009 Comtesse.
  • 94p
Ruby. Intense nose, fruity, ripe, starting cedar, fruity, faint tobacco note, cassis and blueberries. Nose is getting beautiful now. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, fresh, lively and rounded, starting to get smoother but there is structure behind for a long life ahead, and fruit to back it up, long. 95
  • 95p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None
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