Lot 3
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1982 (1) WA 100
Lot 3 Details
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1982
Pauillac. 2ième Cru Classé
u. vts. soiled label.
Several years ago, I purchased a case of the 1982 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande from a frigid Alsatian cellar where it had lain undisturbed since release, and from these bottles, it continues to very much merit a three-digit score. One of the most flamboyant, sensual wines of the vintage, it offers up a sweet bouquet of blackcurrants and blackberries mingled with notions of orange rind, violets, licorice and pipe tobacco. Full-bodied, supple and enveloping, with melting tannins, ripe acids and a long, cedar-inflected finish, it continues to deliver magical drinking. Having drunk the 1982 six or seven times this year, however, I am forced to concede that bottles that show this level of vibrancy and flare aren't so easy to find, so now is a great time to start pulling corks in earnest. This may not prove to be the very longest-lived wine of the vintage, but its star certainly did burn bright! December 2022 Drink to 2035 WA 100