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Manage Subscriptions1996 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Pauillac
Community Tasting Notes 615
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dream Likes this wine: 97 points
April 26, 2024 - As good a bottle as I’ve had of this wine and it was showing everything you’d ever want in a great Pauillac with age. Black fruits, graphite minerals and a gorgeous silky texture which leads to a refined, complex finish with notes of grilled nuts and smoked earth. One cannot under-estimate the greatness of Pauillac and this is a classic example in every way.
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platpeeps Likes this wine: 97 points
April 9, 2024 - Savoury with a tremendous expression of cassis fruit sprinkled with spice and taking on notes of cedar and lead pencils. So fresh and elegant, yet precise and concentrated, with lift and complexity, finishing strongly. The epitome of a great claret and utterly superb. Life doesn’t get much better when sipping this! CHP 97 pts
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mchern02 wrote: 95 points
March 31, 2024 - 3 hour decant and drank over a few hours
Fantastic nose of cedar, tobacco, bright red fruit, and minerals. Amazing texture; evoked with great acidity and lift. Smooth medium finish. Awesome still2 people found this helpful Comment -
Simba-wine Likes this wine: 99 points
March 31, 2024 - Happy Easter 🐣🐰🐇 wines continue and a very Happy Bordeaux Sunday Dear Friends!
I was hoping this could finally crack the 💯 but while it is an absolute stunner, the finish isn’t long enough for it in my eyes. Prior tasting notes are spot on.
Still absolutely beautiful with Chateaubriand!
Now until 2040
99p
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Winedad53 wrote: 96 points
March 30, 2024 - Exceptional right now so why wait? Well structured with soft tannins, notes of red berry, leather and sweet tobacco all finely integrated.
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By Jane Anson
1996 Pauillacs, 1/4/2021 (link)(Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2019, Issue #83, Château Pichon-Lalande The Most Elegant Of the Super Seconds(Château Pichon-Lalande) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Two Imaginary Boys: Pichon-Lalande (Aug 2019), 8/1/2019 (link)(Pichon-longueville Comtesse De Lalande Pichon-longueville Comtesse De Lalande Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Cellar Favorites: 1996 & 1985 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Feb 2016), 2/1/2016 (link)(Pichon-longueville Comtesse De Lalande Pichon-longueville Comtesse De Lalande) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
Two Pichons, 1/30/2016 (link)(Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
7/15/2015 (link)(Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/23/2015 (link)(Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
5/17/2013 (link)(Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
Chicago Recap, 11/2/2011(Pichon Lalande) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/19/2011 (link)(Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/17/2011 (link)(Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
'24' in Bordeaux, 1/31/2010(Pichon Lalande) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
12/3/2009 (link)(Ch Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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March 2009, Issue #23 (link)
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Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
February 2007 (link)(Chateau Pichon-Lalande Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
9/26/2006 (link)(Ch Pichon Lalande (Comtesse) Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
9/8/2006 (link)(Ch Pichon Lalande (Comtesse) Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/30/2006 (link)(Ch Pichon Lalande (Comtesse) Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103 (link)(Chateau Pichon Lalande Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/28/2002 (link)(Ch Pichon Lalande (Comtesse) Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 1998, IWC Issue #78 (link)(Chateau Pichon Lalande Pauillac) Subscribe to see review text.
Sommelier Journal
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By Beverley Blanning, MW
January 31, 2010 (link)(Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, Bordeaux) Sadly, this is not the kind of wine I get to drink every day, but it’s a reminder of just how great the 1996 vintage was in Bordeaux. The Pichon-Lalande has an unusually high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), with the remainder made up of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. Despite the lower-than-usual proportion of Merlot, it’s a classic wine from this consistently excellent Pauillac second growth. Just starting to drink beautifully now, the wine is beginning to reveal its cedary complexity of aromas. The palate is silky-smooth, with excellent concentration, complexity, and balance and a linear acidity that flows through to the fresh, fine finish. Fabulous now, but there’s no hurry to drink this up. Hot Picks
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By Richard Jennings
6/6/2007 (link) 93 points(Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande) Deep garnet red color; herbal nose of tobacco and white pepper; restrained but tasty palate of cassis, leather and tart plum; medium-plus finish 93+ pts. (14% Petit Verdot in '96) (This was the most open on the palate as I've ever experienced this wine, having tried several bottles in years past; I think it is finally emerging from its shut-down, heavily tannic period. Gildas is very proud of this wine, thinks it is one of their best, with the potential to go 50 years or more.)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- 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, 087000347090, 087000352896, 088388640001, 3148597126189, 3419466138245, 400006060723, 649185968967, 714153023150, 734599550119
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 248 (1%)
- In Cellars 10,826 (64%)
- Consumed 5,792 (34%)
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Greece with this bottle, Grilled lamb, which I had in AthensWho Likes This Wine
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationPauillac
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