Community Tasting Notes 10

• InVinjeVeritas wrote: 93 points

  June 13, 2022 - In an impressive state after 51 year for a mediocre vintage. Quite some fruit left, but tannins long gone, typical bordeaux smell of powdered paprika. Good level of acid, but not unpleasant.
  
  Best without food.

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• InVinjeVeritas wrote: 96 points

  March 19, 2019 - Wonderful classic West Bank. Fruit still alive, with great aromas of barnyard and pencil. Good overall force, and a great match with grilled cote de beuf. Very impressive performance for a generally mediocre vintage 48 years later.

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• Hawk94 wrote: 94 points

  November 13, 2016 - The capsule was eroded, the cork was disintegrated when trying to extract it. Filtered into decant, for an hour. The color was brick red initially, the nose was earthy, fruits faded, lots of secondary bouquets, I thought this wine is done, but to my surprise- It is delicious! Color came back becoming ruby red with some dark hue, very juicy, racy, cranberry juice, pomegranate, black currant, extremely smooth, very good concentration, smooth harmony finish, can't put the glass down. After another hour it starts fading, becomes more acidic. Wow! What a wine after 45 years!

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• prof b wrote:

  April 26, 2015 - Bottom neck fill with a cork that appeared stained on all sides but was removed in one piece. After opening, I decanted this for sediment and tasted throughout two and a half hours. The wine steadily lost the fruit components of the aromatics throughout. At the outset, the nose gives off balsa wood, dried tobacco, worn leather, and a touch of light red fruits notably pomegranate and strawberry. The palate yields mostly the tertiary elements and more acid than I'd expect at this point. A pleasant, if somewhat brief finish. Taken together, a wine offering enjoyment to those who appreciate seriously mature wine. Its undoubtedly past its peak, but I can expect little more from this producer in this vintage (in fact, I expected much less).

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• jswine15 Does not like this wine: 80 points

  May 13, 2013 - garnet red colored. Very difficult cork, basically disintegrated when I opened it. Wine had a tobacco flavor, little fruit. It tastes like an old bordeaux that has lost it.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1971
• 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

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• In Cellars 53 (68%)
• Consumed 25 (32%)

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