Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2009

This beautiful vintage of Pichon Lalande is loaded with floral, cassis, boysenberry, earth, olive and tobacco notes. With a high percentage of CS, blended with 20% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, this powerful, graceful, sensuous, rich, fresh Bordeaux Wine is pure, refined and offers silky, velvet textures.

97 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a little reticent to begin, slowly giving way to notions of warm black cherries, blackcurrant cordial, stewed plums and sauted herbs with hints of damp soil, tobacco and beef drippings. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is packed with tightly wound black fruit and earthy layers, framed by ripe, fine-grained tannins and lovely freshness making for a long, lively finish. Classic!

97 Points – Decanter

A beautifully ripe, intense and concentrated red and black fruit aroma leads to a palate that’s still closed, but those damson fruits are well brushed and of serious quality. This is going beat for beat with the top level wines in 2009 and it’s utterly brilliant, delivering juice, minerality, power, balance, silky tannins, definition and sheer enjoyment.

96 Points – James Suckling

What a great nose of blackberries, currants and spices. Hints of fresh herbs. Full body, with ultra-fine tannins and lovely fruit. Such finesse and beauty. Wonderful to taste. Reminds me of the legendary 1982. Try in 2018.