Battle between Pichon Baron, Pichon Comtesse and Lynch Bages. 11 TOP Vintages from 1982 - 2009

@ Bottles; Sas van Gent, Netherlands
Tasted Friday, December 14, 2012 by Zweder with 402 views

Introduction

The theme was known of course because we all had to bring several bottles.

The extras were tasted fully blind.

We started with a bubble and some whites.

The sommelier decided in which order to taste the wines. We tasted in flights of 3 wines and the sommelier chose for a really unconventional order.

Overall a great tasting with a beautiful meal beside it!!

Flight 1 (1 Note)

Flight 2 (3 Notes)

Flight 3 (3 Notes)

  • 1988 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Beautiful and mature Pauillac bouquet with still some cassis, coffee, sweet spices and tobacco. On the palate a beautiful classical wine with still some dark fruits, black olives and soft tannin. Good bitterness. Completely ready now.

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  • 1988 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    A beautiful, luxurious and classical bouquet with smoke, still a lot of dark fruits, graphite, cigar box etc. On the palate a touch of pleasant sweetness, dark fruits, firm but good bitterness and silky soft tannin. A luxurious and elegant wine. Completely ready now.

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  • 1988 Château Lynch-Bages 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Still an extremely dark color for a vintage of this age. Still a lot of dark fruits in the bouquet as well as on the palate. A bit dusty. Graphite. Also a bit dusty. Some smoke and tobacco. Firm bitterness. A complex and straight forward wine with less elegance than Pichon Comtesse.

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Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 2000 Château Lynch-Bages 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    This wine has an extremely luxurious bouquet with dark forest fruits, graphite, smoke, cigar box, mocha etc. etc. Very intense and complex. On the palate a super wine as well; dark fruits, luxurious, some mint, beautiful acidity and tannin. Starting to show itself and so much future. Great!

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  • 2000 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    The bouquet is a bit reticent, but it offers dark forest fruits, smoke and luxurious oak. On the palate concentrated, dark fruits, still firm and sticky tannin as well as a good dose of beautiful oak. Great length! This is a beauty! Still youthful. Probably wise to wait until 2016 or a bit longer.

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  • 2000 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Not so many notes. Really beautiful wine with beautiful oak, cedar, smoke and cassis. On the palate beautiful dark forest fruits and cassis, beautiful balance between sweetness and acidity, tannin and bitterness. A meager description of a truly great wine which is elegant and beautifully balanced. Early maturity now and already a great pleasure but with a great future until well into the 2020's. 96+

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 1989 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    It is a few years ago I tasted this wine, but this must be an off bottle. In the bouquet there are still dark fruits, but also some celery and reductive flavors. On the palate a lot of chocolate and old age impressions. Some sweetness as well. Pity, we had great expectations, but this bottle did not deliver. No score.

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  • 1989 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    In the nose this bottle was absolutely great, but on the palate not a 100% fresh. In the nose some pleasant barnyard and exclusive oak. On the palate dark forest fruits, still firm acidity, tannin and bitterness and noticeable alcohol. Although the wine was slightly corked it was still possible to write the wine. If you have a perfect bottle this can probably last for at least another decade. I will not score this bottle.

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  • 1989 Mas de Daumas Gassac

    France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Vin de Pays de l'Hérault

    Celery and reductive flavors as well as chocolate in the bouquet. Same on the palate. Also still some dark fruits. Good concentration. The acidity, tannin and bitterness is still ok, but the overall impression is very mature and at the end of its life. But this wine can surprise, so a well stored bottle can still be nice. No score for today.

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Flight 6 (3 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Complex bouquet with luxurious impression like cedar and fresh red and black berry fruits. On the palate mainly red fruits, rose hips and fresh acidity. Very elegant and complex wine. I don’t think we had a perfect bottle, but I nevertheless scored it 95.

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  • 1982 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    This was a really beautiful bottle and I scored it extremely high. Beautifully mature and a bit dusty bouquet with smoke, cedar, cigar box etc. etc. On the palate extremely luxurious and elegant with still some good fruits and luxurious oak. Completely dissolved tannin. This is a feast to drink! Completely ready now and this bottle will still have been great around 2016.

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  • 1982 Château Lynch-Bages 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Extremely complex bouquet with still dark fruits, gun powder, cedar and cigar box. On the palate a mouth full of beautiful wine, some chocolate, soft tannin with still a good bite and luxurious elements. Beautifully mature, complex and concentrated wine. Completely ready now, but no real hurry.

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Flight 7 (3 Notes)

  • 2009 Château Lynch-Bages 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Very youthful and intense bouquet with ripe dark forest fruits and luxurious elements like smoke, cedar and cigar box. On the palate intense as well with dark as well as red ripe fruits. A firm amount of sweetness and alcohol and also good acidity, soft and round, but sticky tannin and beautiful oak. A complex and clean wine with an extreme future, but a great pleasure as well in this infant stage.

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  • 2009 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Beautiful bouquet with dark fruits and luxurious oak impressions like smoke, cedar, cigar box etc. On the palate the same, with a touch of sweetness, beautiful acidity and soft and creamy, slightly sticky tannin. I really loved this seductive wine. Still open and youthful stage now and around 2024 this will possibly even a greater feast. 97 for today even.

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  • 2009 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Luxurious bouquet with cedar, tobacco, smoke, cassis etc. Very creamy and round on the palate with beautifully ripe dark as well as red forest fruits. Beautiful acidity and tannin. Lush and refined. Showing really beautiful today, but there is a great future ahead. Will probably enter maturity stage between 2023 and 2025 and will stay great for at least a decade after that. 96+ for today.

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Flight 8 (3 Notes)

  • 1996 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Beautiful and luxurious bouquet with smoke and dark forest fruits. On the palate soft and round with beautiful tannin and a beautiful balance between acidity, sweetness and integrated oak. Some smoke again. A very tempting and delicious wine. At its peak now and it will stay there for some years.

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  • 1996 Château Lynch-Bages 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Intense bouquet with a lot of dark fruits, graphite and beautiful oak. On the palate dark fruits as well, beautiful balance between sweetness and acidity, firm bitterness and firm, even a bit green tannin. Nevertheless this is a great wine. Early maturity now and with another 5+ years of age on it, it might show some more elegance.

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  • 1996 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Beautiful and exclusive bouquet with cassis, graphite, cedar, smoke, eucalyptus etc. Beautiful creamy fruits on the palate. Some bell pepper as well. Good balance between acidity and sweetness and the tannin still has a good bite. I think the wine will improve with a few more years of ageing. So around 2015 - 2016 at its peak and well after that. 95+ for tonight.

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Flight 9 (3 Notes)

  • 1986 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Corked unfortunately

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  • 1986 Château Lynch-Bages 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    The bouquet is not extremely expressive but it still shows some dark fruits, and luxurious elements. On the palate soft and lush dark fruit juice with also some smoky oak. No more specific notes. The bouquet keeps this wine from scoring one or two points higher. Completely ready now, but if you have a good bottle this will probably still be great in 2015 or even later.

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  • 1986 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Luxurious bouquet with smoke, cedar and tobacco. On the palate still some dark fruits and completely melted tannin. Still a beautiful wine and completely ready now, but no real hurry.

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Flight 10 (3 Notes)

  • 2003 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Smoky and rich, still youthful bouquet. On the palate very ripe black and red forest fruits, a lot of sweetness and bitterness. The oak needs a few more years to integrate. Try around 2017. 92++

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  • 2003 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    In the bouquet beautiful and exclusive oak, smoke, cassis and just a little bit pleasant barnyard. Same on the palate with a lot of ripe and sweet juicy mainly black forest fruits. Already a great pleasure and very early maturity stage now. Great and luxurious wine.

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  • 2003 Château Lynch-Bages 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    This bottle really showed great. Liquid smoke and graphite. Beautiful ripe black forest fruits and round and friendly tannin. Early maturity stage now and plenty of future.

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Flight 11 (3 Notes)

  • 1990 Château Lynch-Bages 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Extremely beautiful and complex bouquet with dark fruits, perfume, cedar, graphite, cigar box etc. etc. On the palate aromatic as well, beautiful dark fruits, soft tannin with still a good bite. No more notes unfortunately, but this a great wine with still plenty of future.

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  • 1990 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Beautiful and complex bouquet. Still fruit forward. On the palate a slightly sweet start, beautifully melted tannin. See also my previous note.

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  • 1990 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Luxurious bouquet with smoke, tobacco, cedar, graphite, dark forest fruits etc. Same on the palate. Still beautiful fruits. Also some impressions of metal. Soft and round tannin with a pleasant bite. Early maturity stage now.

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Flight 12 (3 Notes)

Flight 13 (3 Notes)

  • 2005 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Beautiful and creamy bouquet with dark forest fruits, cedar, smoke and good minerals like graphite. Same on the palate. Good acidity and still firm tannin. Overall a very luxurious wine that needs more ageing. Do not start before 2017 or 2018 and this wine will easily last until 2025+ 94+ for tonight.

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  • 2005 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 93 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Creamy fruits in the bouquet and on the palate. Beautiful balance between the oak, acidity and sweetness; especially the latter is pleasant. Still firm tannin. Wait at least until 2017. I scored the wine 93+ tonight.

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  • 2005 Château Lynch-Bages 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Beautiful and classical Pauillac bouquet with a lot of cassis and other dark forest fruits and graphite. Luxurious oak, smoke and cedar. On the palate a concentrated wine with beautiful acidity, some pleasant sweetness and tannin with a good bite. A really beautiful wine, but wait at least until 2017 or 2018 or even longer. 94+ for tonight.

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