Lot 301
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1989 (2) 93 WA
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGEUVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1996 (2) 96 WA
Lot 301 Details
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1989 (2)Pauillac. 2ième Cru Classé
Approaching full maturity, Pichon-Lalande’s1989 has a deep ruby/plum color with some lightening at the edge. The nose offers sweet plums and creme de cassis intermixed with vanilla and graphite. The wine is lush, medium to full-bodied, and layered with texture, low acidity, sweet tannin, and the hallmark purity and elegance this estate routinely produces. Some tannins remain, but this wine has reached its plateau of maturity, where it should remain for another 10-15 years. 93 WA
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGEUVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1996 (2)
Pauillac. 2ième Cru Classé
The 1996 Pichon-Lalande has long been one of the high points of this Pauillac estate and now at 20 years of age it is firing on all cylinders. You cannot have any complaints against the nose: intense blackberry, cedar and graphite, all beautifully delineated, demand your attention. The palate offers exquisite balance, refined and yet intense, the Cabernet Sauvignon clearly in the driving seat but assisted by the Merlot that imparts the crucial fleshy texture on the finish. Red berry fruit, cigar box, mint, juniper berries ... this is a complex and riveting Pauillac wine that is going to cruise along its drinking plateau for many years. This is outstanding. Tasted July 2016. (Neal Martin) 96 WA
4 bts. per lot $1,000 - $1,200