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1989 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Médoc
  • Pauillac
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  • steinersing wrote: 95 points

    March 16, 2024 - Again excellent

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  • Paul D wrote: 93 points

    February 22, 2024 - Much ore red fruited thasn the baron, aromatic with spice and herbal notes. Medium bodied, fresh and vibrant, redc fruit, plenty of interest with sopice, soil and herbal notes, vibrant acids, quite long. Lovely.

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  • Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 93 points

    February 22, 2024 - 1989 Bordeaux Horizontal - London (Piccolino, Exchange Square): More red fruited than the Baron this is served with. There's a twist of grapefruit juice which complements the ensemble. Palate is very well balanced and together. Everything in the right place if softly spoken. After 30 mins in the glass there is the faintest suggestion of pine resin. A lovely pair which to a degree divide opinions around the table; I slightly prefer the Baron on tonight's showing.

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  • brooklynguy Likes this wine:

    January 1, 2024 - Decanted off the sediment about an hour before drinking. Could go 90 mins for two people and longer for four. Wonderful nose, cassis, earth, menthol, dried flowers later on. The striking thing is the elegance and composure - it’s very good.

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  • FabesMTL Likes this wine: 96 points

    December 23, 2023 - The ‘89PLL was on deck for Christmas Eve but I decided what the heck, ‘tis the season so tonight was the night…
    Well, what an experience it was !
    First, the cork…I wrestled with the foil which was stuck, and sure enough the top of the cork was grey and moldy. Even the ah-so was no match as the cork just completely imploded.
    Color: medium ruby with ever so slight fading and browning at the edges.
    Nose: boy is this ever deep and complex. Textbook Pauillac, each scent is really pronounced: burned coffee, heaps of cocoa, dry cedar wood, pencil, wet clay, all surrounded by a serious perfume of dry flowers, with slight pulses of dry red strawberries and other red berries.
    Pallet: weightless but chiseled, powerful but mature, with each sip showing the same complex notes from the nose: dry pot pourri, dry wood, and oh my the coffee coffee coffee.
    (Additionally agree with some of the notes below, dry mint, tobacco, green pepper).
    This is a fabulous wine, not necessarily my favorite style as I prefer a bit of plush edges, but the experience is second to none.
    The wine is at or near peak and won’t improve or develop more so drink up, maybe it will last another 3-5 years before a final descent. 96 points.

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  • By Jeb Dunnuck
    Up From The Cellar No. 21 & Misc. New Releases, 5/22/2023 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    6/11/2021 (link)

    (Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.

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  • By John Gilman
    Sep/Oct 2019, Issue #83, Château Pichon-Lalande The Most Elegant Of the Super Seconds

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Vinous

  • By Neal Martin
    A Century of Bordeaux: The Nines (Sep 2019), 9/1/2019 (link)

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  • By John Gilman
    Mar/Apr 2019, Issue #80, Another Look At the 1989 and 1990 Bordeaux - Twin Vintages Have Taken Different Paths With Age

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  • By John Gilman
    Jul/Aug 2012, Issue #40, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Julia Harding, MW
    6/17/2010 (link)

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The World of Fine Wine

  • March 2009, Issue #23 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103 (link)

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    6/28/2002 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1921-2016 (Oct 2017) (link)

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  • By Neal Martin
    Bring Out Your “Dead”: Pichon-Lalande 1957-2013 (Aug 2022) (link)

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RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    11/9/2014 (link) 91 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Bricking dark red violet color; mature, brett, tobacco, cedar, tart red currant nose; silky textured, mature, tobacco, tart red currant, cedar, brett, tart raspberry palate with firm tannins and medium acidity; medium-plus finish 91+ points

  • By Richard Jennings
    3/30/2013 (link) 93 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Bricking very dark red violet color; tart plum, roasted plum, coffee nose; mature, tart currant, tart plum, mineral, olive, coffee palate; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    5/14/2011 (link) 90 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Bricking medium dark red violet color; brett, mature, mushroom nose; quite mature, brett, mushroom, plum palate; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    12/12/2010 (link) 95 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Slight bricking medium dark red violet color; tart black fruit, tart plum, inky nose; tasty, rich, tart plum, tart black fruit, tart berry palate, quite delicious and youthful; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    8/8/2009 (link) 93 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Dark red violet color with pale meniscus; lovely, mushroom, truffle, tart cassis nose; tasty, tart cassis, roast coffee palate, quite youthful; long finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    7/10/2009 (link) 92 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Dark red violet color with pale meniscus; mature, shitake mushroom, pencil lead, graphite nose; tasty, tobacco, tart cassis and red fruit palate with medium acidity; medium finish 92+ pts.

  • By Richard Jennings
    11/16/2007 (link) 93 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Dark garnet red color; dried mushroom, tobacco and leather nose; youthful, cassis, raspberry and mushroom palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

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  • By Lyle Fass
    10/10/2007 (link)

    (Chateau Pichon Lalande) This was lovely. Wild and bretty and herbal like great Pichon is with good concentration, ripe and sweet tannins and nice palate presence. Lovely wine. Not earthshattering but very nice.

RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    6/5/2004 (link) 94 points

    (Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Dusty, meaty nose; big, ripe cassis, pepper, meaty palate; medium-plus savory finish 94+ pts.

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1989
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Médoc
  • Appellation Pauillac
  • UPC Codes 080732138011, 088388640001, 3419466138245, 714153023150

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 87 (1%)
  • In Cellars 7,637 (62%)
  • Consumed 4,583 (37%)

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dusky, earthy, nice

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