Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a highly regarded wine estate in the Pauillac appellation of the Haut-Médoc region of northern Bordeaux. of the most significant second growths in Pauillac, Bordeaux. Often shortened in common parlance to “Pichon-Lalande” or “Pichon Comtesse”, the estate produces a regularly lauded, Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant grand vin.
Tasting notes:
The nose is elegant, aromatic and offers delicacy, a certain power in finesse as well as concentration. It reveals notes of bright boysenberry, black pepper and small notes of violet associated with touches of bright black berries, roasting as well as fine hints of racy minerality, almost aromatic herbs/toasted and a very discreet almost minty hint. The mouth is nicely built, beautifully balanced and offers freshness, juiciness, suavity, sapidity, a nice definition / roundness of the fruit as well as generosity. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy/bright blackberry, crushed cassis and small notes of raspberry associated with touches of red berries as well as slight hints of camphor, graphite, mocha, gravel, a subtle hint of cardamom and an imperceptible hint of clove. Tannins are precise, fine, elegant and discreetly mellow. A fine hint of liquorice and vanilla on the finish.
