1980 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  4/13/2024 - StefanAkiko wrote: flawed

  The cork reeked of TCA.
  The wine: totally unapproachable...
  Screw caps for president!

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  2/9/2023 - 10xM wrote:

  Wow. Can we say young? There is a hint of okd dusty leather library taste and smell but the fruit is still so alive. Beautiful wine if you like them young.

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  1/15/2023 - wgilbert3 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Decanted and tried over several hours; eventually improved but not a lot. Seemed a bit thin and acidic; some red fruit started to show up but overall disappointing.
  UPDATE. Bottled up the extra at the end of the evening (air evacuated). Tried 2 nights later and it was a different wine! Now some red fruit, oily notes, even tannins showing up. Almost as good 2 nights later (4 days after initial open). So this baby needs a LOT of time and air!!

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  5/31/2022 - Mitche11 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Mushroom and leather heavy but has this fresh mint and green pepper nose. Classic Bordeaux. This is so damn good. So complex in the nose. Palate is open and med + tannin and med acid. Best Bordeaux of 2022 so far. Destroying the first growths this year.

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  10/12/2020 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points

  13x 1980 Birthday Bash: What to expect from a mediocre 1980 vintage in Bordeaux? We tasted Mouton, Lafite, Haut Brion and Pichon Lalande all blind side by side. The Mouton (92 points) and especially the Lafite (89) display some nice tertiary aromatics but are lacking substance, precision and balance (especially on the palate). Haut Brion (95) and Pichon Lalande (94) are beautifully mature with lots of tertiary flavors and surprisingly still plenty of fruit. Both are quite clean, focused and harmonious. Of course the complexity and finesse are not on par with great vintages but still these were quite enjoyable.
  
  TN: Medium+ intensity on the nose with barnyard, leather and tobacco aromas, dark fruit and cola. Lots of power, more so than the Haut Brion, on the palate but still very soft and harmonious (softest structure of all four wines). A tad less complexity than the Haut Brion but still fairly layered on the palate with sweet dark and dark red berries, lots of superb minty notes, some earthy and fine ageing notes. Good precision and nice fruit driven finish with medium length. At first I scored this beauty in the 96+ point range. As I went back during the evening it showed less impressive with the last glasses rather on a 92/93 point level.
  
  Decanting: Double decanted 2+ hours before service. This seemed ok for this bottle.

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