Community Tasting Note

theusualsuspect wrote:

Friday, March 9, 2012 - Black fruity grapey rich and really easy drinking. But Pichon Lalande was once up with the big boys, yet I don't see it in this wine. Or in other recent vintages of Pichon Lalande. Like Lynch Bages, I think Pichon Lalande has taken a substantial step backwards in the last twenty years or so. In 1982, for example, Pichon Lalande was easily a top ten left bank wine, if not top five.
Back then, Pontet Canet was a disappointing also ran. Today in vintage after vintage, I find Pontet Canet the more worthy wine, especially given the discount it sells at relative to Pichon Lalande. Certainly in 2003, Pontet Canet is a more ambitious structured wine that I think will far more rewarding down the road than the Pichon Lalande.

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