![]() The aromatics are all-enveloping, powerful and nuanced and totally delicious, drawing you in and refusing to let go. Highest proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon on record, a reflection of how exceptionally well this grape did in 2019. It unquestionably already offers pleasure today (and it's a good time to try a bottle, as I wouldn't be surprised to see it close down), but it will need a decade to hit maturity and it will be a 50-year wine. - Jeb Dunnuck ![]() It's more open and expressive than Mouton and shares plenty of similarities with Comtesse with its layered, supple, just perfectly balanced and classy style. Revealing a deep purple hue as well textbook notes of blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, freshly sharpened pencils, and liquid violets, it shows the more medium to full-bodied, elegant style of the vintage yet is brilliantly concentrated, has a supple, layered mouthfeel, ripe yet building tannins, and a great, great finish. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is firm and very finely grained with a fantastic, racy backbone, finishing long, lively, and fantastically pure. - Lisa Perotti-Brown, Wine Independentīased on 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot raised in 80% new French oak, the 2019 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron is pure class and just a beautiful, seamless Pauillac that does everything right. ![]() Deep garnet-purple colored, it needs a little swirling to unlock notions of warm cassis, black cherry preserves, blueberry compote, and violets with touches of licorice, mossy tree bark, tar, and cedar. The 2019 Pichon Baron is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot. Chewy, yet so tailored and wonderfully proportioned. Full-bodied, very long and linear with incredible length. Drink from 2027. - Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiastīlackberries and blueberries with stone and graphite. It shows all the power and the open quality of the vintage. It brings an impressive structure to the wine, rich tannins and powerful black fruits. On a par with the great 2016, this stunning wine has a palate that combines fleshy, velvety texture and linearity as well as remarkable length, and provides convincing testimony of the progress achieved by the estate’s technical team. Drinking Window 2025 - 2070 - Yohan Castaing, DecanterĪs always, it is the Cabernet Sauvignon that sings. ![]() Some touches of graphite and subtle spices come into the aromatic mix. The bouquet enchants by its expression of pure, crunchy fruit and florality without a trace of oakiness despite barrel-aging with 80% new wood. #60 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 #12 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022 Perhaps more than any other Château in Bordeaux, Pichon-Lalande has benefited from what can only be called a distinctively feminine touch.100 DE / 100 WE / 99 JS / 98+ WI / 98+ JD / 98 JA / 97+ WA / 97 VM / 97 WS A true champion of Bordeaux, May-Eliane traveled the world to promote her château and oversaw its expansion by nearly 50%. Before long, the château came under the direction of yet another formidable female, Eduoard’s daughter May-Eliane de Lencquesaing. In 1925, Pichon-Lalande was purchased by brothers Louis and Eduoard Miailhe, who were responsible for the estate’s increase in Merlot. The remaining two fifths eventually became the equally well-known Pichon Longueville-Baron. This decision broke up the estate and ushered in the ascendance of his daughter, Virginie de Lalande, who eagerly managed the women’s portion with passion and pride, and chose to give it her name. Initially influenced by its founder’s daughters - Therese de Rauzan, Germaine de Lajus and Marie Branda de Terrefort – it was inherited by Therese’s son, Baron Joseph de Pichon Longueville, who, before his death in 1850, bequeathed the land among his five children equally, with two fifths going to his two sons, and the other three fifths to his three daughters. Supple and fruity, it presents a unique balance of softness and richness that has secured its place among Pauillac’s best.įounded by successful Bordeaux trader Pierre de Mazure de Rauzan, Pichon-Lalande has long been considered an estate blessed by strong women. This may be attributed to the wine’s high percentage of its beloved Merlot. With a reputation that rivals the commune’s three most famous first growths – Latour, Lafite-Rothschild and Mouton-Rothschild – Pichon-Lalande carries a depth and elegance that that allows it to be enjoyed young, but perhaps even more savored decades after harvest. Dating back to the 17th century, the wines hailing from Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, or Pichon-Lalande, are still among of Pauillac’s most sought-after.
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