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| | Vintage | 2000 |  Label 1 of 768 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | Pauillac | | UPC Code(s) | 000004751007, 071570014810, 080732138011, 087000347090, 087000352896, 088388640001, 3419466138245, 400000913780, 400001738474, 714153023150, 734599505089, 734599550119 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.8 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 435 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 4/17/2024 & rated 95 points: Mid garnet in the glass. Nose is somewhat muted with iron pan, and perfumed blackberry.
Palate displays great balance and complexity. A very nice wine and it may get a point of two better with more age...... (2025 views) | | | Tasted by Montesquieu on 4/13/2024 & rated 95 points: Drink up. I rated a bottle 98 in 2020. This one wasn't that, but it definitely had everything you'd hope for from a 24 year old PLL. An excellent, elegant, mature Bordeaux. (1368 views) | | | Tasted by King Julien on 3/17/2024 & rated 95 points: Decanted about an hour. Great nose and palate at first, but after a couple hours node faded and palate declined with a touch of bitterness. (2263 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 3/8/2024 & rated 93 points: The texture of this wine is phenomenal with great silkiness but also good underlying structure. Everything about this wine is great except for that annoying green pepper note (elevated pyrazines) that seems to be in every bottle of this I've had recently. Will it fade away with time or become more prominent? Is it going through a stage or were some of the grapes just picked too early? Or am I just very sensitive to pyrazines? 93? (2312 views) | | | Tasted by glou.sf on 2/24/2024 & rated 95 points: Nice nose with lots of dark fruit, black cherries, cassis, some bell pepper, forest floor, and autumn leafs. Good acidity with intense flavors on the palate that feels quite a bit more primary than the nose. Long and lingering finish. Very impressive Bordeaux that is starting to drink well but ideally should get another decade of cellar time. 95+ (2316 views) | | | Tasted by Plabella on 2/24/2024 & rated 96 points: I have loved this Chateau and I am always remember my visit & the kindness shown by the Madam of Pichon. This wine is both delicate & mouth watering. (2149 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 1/30/2024 & rated 95 points: In many ways, this is the most complete PL ever made. It simply has more depth and power than other vintages and is beautifully balanced and fine. I think it will get very complex with further age. However, I still get a green pepper note in the wine especially with time in the glass. Some bottles have more of this green note than others and sometimes it can be too much. My guess is that some of the grapes from this vintage were picked too early and therefore some of the vats have this and some don’t. Good bottles are great but the green streak in some is a concern. 95? Commanderie Dinner, The Modern (2857 views) | | | Tasted by jsmorris707 on 1/21/2024 & rated 97 points: Similar to prior note after a 1 hour double decant; outstanding & probably at peak, classic left bank Bordeaux, drink or hold, no rush (2694 views) | | | Tasted by winelover1808 on 1/21/2024 & rated 96 points: WOTN vs a Peter Michael Les Pavots 2009. this had it all - pretty tobacco, cherry, red fruit perfume; really pretty mouthful of brighter red fruits - with good acidity - cherry and raspberry - long graceful finish with tannins that are soft and lingering. (2418 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 1/17/2024 & rated 97 points: CdB Annual Meeting (Minneapolis Club, Mpls, MN): Very dar red color. Small glass over 30 minutes. Such pretty cassis, great perfume, earthy, moss, tobacco, tart red cherry, floral, ultra fine tannins, long and generous, wow, this is rocking. Mouthwatering on the palate. Killer! 96-97pts. (2445 views) | | | Tasted by Sonoffalstaff on 1/10/2024 & rated 96 points: Can't keep raising the rating but it is just lovely. I would make this a 1er Grand Cru if there were a reclassification today. Regularly beats the more renowned wines when people don't know which is which. (2644 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 1/5/2024 & rated 95 points: Wines drunk around London; 1/3/2024-1/7/2024 (London, UK): This was by the pour at Hedonism Wines. The nose is so deep, layered, and refined with flowing tones of dark red cherries, currants, mint, tobacco leaf, cedar, cranberries, toast, spice box, violets, and some fresh savory herbs. There is a real seamless quality that I'm highly enjoying every time I put my nose into the glass. The Medium/full bodied feel is vibrant and silky with crisp, medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. This is right in its zone and it's glorious. There are many many years of life ahead of it to be sure, but the window is wide open as everything is in full harmony right now. (2226 views) | | | Tasted by DougLee on 1/1/2024 & rated 91 points: Decanted for about 30 minutes. Garnet color. Nose of currant, plum blossom, earth, cedar. Layers of red currant, green hints, black plum, blackberry, and tobacco on the satin-textured palate. Lower acidity and resolved tannin. Medium-length finish of dark fruit, pencil lead, and sweet resolve. Very nice showing, which might have been even better with a longer decant. Half bottle. (1968 views) | | | Tasted by Purple Tooth on 12/6/2023 & rated 93 points: **Always a treat around the holidays when people break out wines like this. This is fully resolved and so elegant. Drinking cool, feminine, filled with cool pepper and mint, clay and tobacco, and that beautiful green component that I cant put my finger on. Really classy and ready to go. The finish is a bit clipped otherwise, higher score. Drink! Kinda Moutonish... (2991 views) | | | Tasted by WildeMeeuw on 11/5/2023 & rated 97 points: Kleur: Robijnrood met een dunne, iets lichtere, rand. Aroma / bouquet: Krachtig en stoer bouquet, opvallend jeugdig, donker fruit en zelfs een hint van paprika. Smaak / Afdronk: Uitgesproken maar aangename zuren. Stevige en krachtige wijn met duidelijk aanwezige stoere tannines, powerwijn met een serieuze lengte. Lange afdronk. Algemeen / potentieel: Een briljante Pauillac uit het geweldige jaar 2000, 23 jaar oud maar nog steeds super-vitaal en krachtig. Een wijn met een nog lange toekomst voor zich! 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 14 + Smaak / Afdronk: 18 + Algemeen / potentieel: 10 = 97/100
Colour: Ruby red with a thin, slightly lighter edge. Aroma / bouquet: Powerful and sturdy bouquet, strikingly youthful, dark fruit and even a hint of paprika. Taste / Aftertaste: Pronounced but pleasant acidity. Strong and powerful wine with clearly present tough tannins, power wine with serious length. Long aftertaste. General / potential: A brilliant Pauillac from the great year 2000, 23 years old but still super-vital and powerful. A wine with a long future ahead of it! 50 + Colour: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 14 + Taste / Aftertaste: 18 + General / potential: 10 = 97/100 (3108 views) | | | Tasted by B Paul on 10/28/2023: Great cork and color showed no signs of age. Typical notes of pencil, etc. There was also a bit of a green/herbal note, which surprised me and was a bit of a detractor. Good, not great. (2987 views) | | | Tasted by Bandreas on 10/18/2023: Classic Bordeaux! Bouquet of pencil shavings and leather dus;, refined, restrained and aristocratic.
The impression continues on the palate and the wine is wonderfully complex and complete. Here was a whole orchestra playing a wonderful symphony. Only at the very end a tad of tannic austerity seemed to creep in. (3215 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 10/11/2023 & rated 93 points: Cigar and whole dark fruit with pencil box and a certain delineation. 93 (3177 views) | | | Tasted by colima on 8/25/2023 & rated 94 points: decant for 90 minutes, then took to restaurant.
(I don't want to know how much it would have cost on their list)
Rich Garnet color - no brown. wonderful fruity nose with cigar box.
Classic older Bordeaux flavor profile - soft, rich, perfumed.
Kind of astringent at first, but got ever so much better with more time and food. Grease seems to agree with Bordeaux! (3415 views) | | | Tasted by SteelerFan on 8/19/2023 & rated 92 points: Excellent, but still improving. A lot of stuffing - another 5 years for sure. (2841 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 8/12/2023 & rated 93 points: Open and very Pichon. (2891 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 8/4/2023 & rated 95 points: Drinking well at this point in life. The nose, with its floral, tobacco, mint leaf and red fruits expresses itself easily. There is a piquant edge to the red berries on the palate, that softens with air, and a peppery, herbal accent to the red fruits in the finish along with its layers of ripe, dark red fruits. 1 hour of air is sufficient to enjoy the wine. Drink from 2023-2040. (4222 views) | | | Tasted by k H i L o on 7/30/2023 & rated 93 points: C'est classe...! J'adore, c'est fin, soyeux mais 93.5 :-) (2968 views) | | | Tasted by Sonoffalstaff on 7/27/2023 & rated 96 points: See Englishman below for the current description. Another year another point. It will probably last but I am not going to wait to risk disappointment! (2619 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 6/11/2023 & rated 95 points: 2000 Pauillac (Boston Commanderie de Bordeaux): The 2000 Pichon Comtesse shows well right out of the gate, but really does continue to develop positively over 2-3 hours. The initial curranty fruit and freshly-sharpened pencil mineral develop in intensity and cultivate a lovely cigar wrapper and subtle bacon note. Fresh, incisive, but also with an embracing lushness. Very fine and such a great counterpoint to the Baron and Latour alongside (which are more similar to one another than either is to the Comtesse, as usual). (4623 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Neal Martin
Vinous, Looking Backward/Looking Forward: 2000 vs 2001 Bordeaux (Sep 2021) (9/1/2021)
(Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux 2000 vintage (10/16/2019)
(Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2019, Issue #83, Château Pichon-Lalande The Most Elegant Of the Super Seconds
(Château Pichon-Lalande) Login and sign up and see review text. | The World of Fine Wine, September 2010, Issue #29
(Ch. Pichon-Longueville Comtesse; 2nd Growth) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/18/2010)
(Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text. | The World of Fine Wine, March 2009, Issue #23
(Chateau Pichon Lalande) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, 2000 Bordeaux (12/1/2007)
(Pichon Lalande) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/20/2005)
(Ch Pichon Lalande (Comtesse) Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2002, IWC Issue #102
(Chateau Pichon Lalande Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96
(Chateau Pichon Lalande Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text. | By Lyle Fass
Rockss and Fruit (10/4/2004)
(Pichon-Lalande) The Green Monster is not at Fenway Park, it is in retail stores and Bordeaux collector's cellars all over the world in the form of this wine. Will it go away? Only time will tell. But under the green is dazzling complexity and one of the great PL's of all time. The nose had of course green cabernet, but also minerality, perfume, cigar box, lead pencil, cocoa, chamomile tea (greenness?). Tannic but a solid core of dark fruits underneath. Long, ripe and epic on the finish. I mean really long. Fantastic and can only get better. We hope. The 2000 Pichon-Lalande odyseey continues. |
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U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
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History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Pauillac Read more detailed information about Pauillac Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth.
Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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