Lot 108
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1995 (3) WA 95

Lot 108 Details
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1995
Pauillac. 2ième Cru Classé
1 x soiled label.
What sumptuous pleasures await those who purchase either the 1996 or 1995 Pichon-Lalande. It is hard to choose a favorite, although the 1995 is a smoother, more immediately sexy and accessible wine. It is an exquisite example of Pichon-Lalande with the Merlot component giving the wine a coffee/chocolatey/cherry component to go along with the Cabernet Sauvignon's and Cabernet Franc's complex blackberry/cassis fruit. The wine possesses an opaque black/ruby/purple color, and sexy, flamboyant aromatics of pain grille, black fruits, and cedar. Exquisite on the palate, this full-bodied, layered, multidimensional wine should prove to be one of the vintage's most extraordinary success stories. February 1998 WA 95