1976 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
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Saturday, May 1, 2021 - Some more old(-ish) Bordeaux from Alan's collection: The fill was high shoulder; there was a lot of gunkiness on the cork which couldn't readily be wiped off. On opening, even with a Durand and great care the last 4-5mm of the cork detached itself but I managed to extract it cleanly without dropping it into the bottle. The cork was soaked through.
10 minutes after opening this was good to go. There was a nice perfumed nose of red fruits with some sort of floral/herbal note added, perhaps violets? The colour was slight brick red but still with some depth. On the palate a delicate, almost ethereal flavour of light red fruit and no off notes. The finish was very short.
As with the previous bottle, after a couple of hours open the fruit was fading and the wine became rather thin.
For me this second bottle in the space of a few weeks confirmed that this vintage is well over the hill, but is descending gracefully down the other side.
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