1983 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

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  3/30/2024 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points

  Herbaceous coffee

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  2/28/2024 - Will1984 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Ready to drink. Tannins were light, but still fruit present. Distinctly cabernet. Had alongside a 2010 St. Emilion, which was showing more sweetness and seemed of similar age. Earthy and herbaceous (but not quite barnyard), graphite, blackberry, delicate. Bottle was opened ~4 hours before drinking, so would say it has some years left, but I'd say the prime drinking window started several years ago and is headed to the start of a very slow decline in the next couple.

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  2/9/2024 - oldwines Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Pre-Super Bowl Gentlemen's Dinner (New Jersey, USA): In my cellar since release. Decanted around 3:30pm and served with the second course around 7pm. Shockingly youthful from the start of decanting. The bouquet was immediately evident, earthy yet powerfully fruity and complex, this got better and better. It was hard to pace myself and not drink this down quickly, so tasty! Still bright and relatively energetic, marvelously silky mouthfeel…this is why these “old-school” Bordeaux are so great when aged well. It still had great predominantly red fruit but amplified with cassis and graphite, not to mention cedar, sweet pipe tobacco and earthy mushroom/forest floor. Very long, luxurious finish. This was the best wine of the flight alongside 1983 Cos d’Estournel and 1983 Canon pretty unanimously with the order of the other two varied by individual. Overall, all three wines were very similar and of great quality with nuances separating them. As they sat in the glass, the subtle nuances were visible but initially in the glass they were almost indistinguishable.

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  12/31/2023 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark garnet with clearing at the edges. Forward, fragrant & attractive nose of mature ripe fruit aromas of cherries, blueberries & cassis with overtones cigar box notes of cedar & aged tobacco, floral notes of violets, herbal notes of juniper, sage & rosemary, underbrush, camphor, earthy/dusty, truffles, leather & minerals. Medium-full bodied with a good concentration of balanced & smooth textured, mature ripe fruit flavors of cherries, currants & mulberries with spices, herbs, cocoa, minerals & a hint of oak. Long lingering silky-smooth finish. Drinks quite well at present but at 40 years of age it is at or very close to its peak of development although it may hold onto its current plateau of development for a few more additional years. However, I doubt any further development would occur. Fill was in lower neck; cork stained 1/2 way up & crumbled upon opening. A wonderful & elegant, aged Bordeaux in a good place.

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  12/28/2023 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points

  12x Bordeaux 1983 vs 1993: All wines tasted single blind. Not decanted. As anticipated, the 1983 vintage prevailed in our comparative tasting, scoring 8 to 2 wins against the 1993 vintage, with two ties. The structured, classic ’83s exhibited greater depth and harmony compared to the ‘93s, which tended to be simpler, sometimes slightly green and dry, or at their best, fresh and light. However, in both vintages, aside from a few notable labels, many wines were evidently beyond their peak. The standout was, unsurprisingly, the Margaux (94pts). Tasting the some of the same ’83s a second time a few days later with decanting showed a marked improvement, highlighting the need of aeration.
  
  TN: The nose is quite luxurious, featuring dark berries, fresher blue fruit, and accents of mint and cola, rounded out with some toasty notes. It's a good nose, overall. On the palate, there's a diverse array of fruit, mingled with herbs and toasty elements, and a dash of minerality. The structure and balance are quite solid. A strong showing, meriting 93pts and one of the positive surprises (easily winning the duel with the 1993 which got 86pts).

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