Stanislav Lobanov

9.9

19.5/20 (99/100) Сногсшибательный аромат ванили, шоколада, чёрной смородины, сливы, вишни и даже лесной земляники, красных цветов, в развитии сильнее звучат ноты кедра, корицы, кориандра и табака. Тельное с довольно высокой кислотностью и интенсивными, бархатистыми, обволакивающими танинами. Изумительно! #annualclarettasting — 4 years ago

Logan Edwards

9.6

This 100% cab delights and surprised. Reminiscent of classic Bordeaux profiles with a dry, layered finish. Round mouth feel with plum, cocoa and oak (cedar even). — 6 years ago

with GaryWEdwards

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Pichon Lalande is my favorite 2nd growth with a steak. Yup...it's #SteakandClaret night to quote my buddy Gary Westby. Further, it's certainly one of my favorite producers period. I've waited for this wine to be in the bottle for 10 years before finding out definitely how good it was or wasn't. You see, the 05 Bordeaux vintage was exceptional. It's drinking right now better than 00. 00 may turn out to be better, but not for some time. The real issue was the division of scores between RP & NM. Parker had this as low as an 86 and now has it at 89. Neil Martin has been consistently at 95-96. I found it simply inexplicable that Pichon Lalande could have bombed in such a great vintage. Tonight, I know they didn't. This wine is beautiful. Although, I don't believe it will cellar as long as their some of their very best vintages and many others I've enjoyed. On the nose, bramble, ripe blackberries, dark cherries, notes of blueberries, poached strawberries, graphite, baking spices, cedar, lightly perfumed violets and dark, fresh & dry red flowers. The body is medium-medium plus, tannins nicely resolved with 10 years to be completely resolved. Fruits of; ripe blackberries, dark cherries, notes of blueberries, poached strawberries and pomegranate with a whiff of spice. There's notes of dry bramble, soft leather, fresh violets, graphite, cedar, dry stones, dark rich earth, limestone, tobacco, spice-box, vanilla, very light cinnamon & nutmeg. The finish is very long, elegant, ripe, round, smooth, good acidity and beautifully elegant...50-50 earth & fruit. I bought more bottles of this at $85 after it's was first released in futures and I do not regret it. $85 is proving to be a steal for this wine when it normally sells for between $100-$150 a bottle and higher. Might heavy up further after tonight if I find more around the same price. Oh yes...I'm with NM on the scoring. Photos of the Chateau, estate vines, newer tasting room & the Virginie de Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande. Forgive my long post, but my passion and love for this producer is profound. Producer history and notes...as I wrote in an earlier post for Pichon Baron, Pichon Baron and Lalande started as one entity. The first mention of what is now called Chateau Pichon Lalande was the creation of Pierre de Mazure de Rauzan. Pierre de Mazure de Rauzan is responsible for forming many of the top Bordeaux estates today. Pichon Lalande was given its name when Therse, the daughter of the founder received the estate as a dowry when she married Jacques de Pichon Longueville. Pichon Lalande was essentially managed by three women, Therese de Rauzan, Germaine de Lajus and Marie Branda de Terrefort. On the eve of his death in 1850, Baron Joseph de Pichon Longueville divided the property between his five children. His three daughters received Pichon Lalande and his sons Pichon Baron. What happened next was Virginie, the wife of the Count of Lalande took over the management of the estate under the name of Comtesse de Lalande. In 1850 she commissioned the popular, architect Duphot to build a residence inspired by the Hotel de Lalande, located in Bordeaux. Without heirs, Pichon Lalande passed down from aunts to nieces. Following World War I, the Miailhe brothers, bought Pichon Lalande in 1925. They were the ones who planted even more Merlot. May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, the daughter of Edouard Miailhe became the new owner and general manager of Chateau Pichon Lalande in 1978. She expand the size of Chateau Pichon Lalande from 40 hectares to it's current 89 hectares. Chateau Pichon Lalande remained in the same family for more than 250 years! In fact, over three centuries, only two families have owned Pichon Lalande. May-Eliane de Lencquesaing sold Pichon Lalande to the owners of Roederer Champagnein in January 2007. This family-run company is managed by Frederic Rouzaud who owned several other wine estates in Bordeaux; Chateau Bernadotte, Chateau de Pez, Haut Beausejour and Chateau Reaut la Graviere. He sold Chateau Bernadotte in December 2012. In February, 2011, Sylvie Cazes was named the director of Chateau Pichon Lalande. She replaced Gildas d’Ollone. Sylvie Cazes was replaced in 2012 by current Director Nicolas Glumineau, who was previously at Chateau Montrose. In 2012, Pichon Lalande renovated the estate with a budget estimated at over 15 Million Euros. The new facilities included; building of a new underground barrel aging cellar and several new buildings...one that houses their new tasting room as shown. This renovation provided numerous improvements in their wine making. Most importantly, in the vinification. They created a new, triple tiered, cellar where everything moves by gravity. They also added numerous new, stainless steel, temperature controlled, double skinned vats. These new vats allow Pichon Lalande to vinify on a parcel by parcel basis as well as get much softer & gentle extractions. The 89 hectare vineyard of Chateau Pichon Lalande is located adjacent to Chateau Latour and and across the road from Pichon Baron. The terroir of Chateau Pichon Lalande is deep gravel with clay and limestone soil and is planted to; 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. — 7 years ago

Katie Taylor

10

100 points on my Birthday with my favorite people! — 8 years ago

with Taylor

Denis Roudenko

9.4

17.5/20 (94/100)

Сладко-цветочный, яркий, молодой. Ягодный леденец, малина, спелая клубника, смородина, яркий ягодный аромат, немного шоколада, какао, болгарский перец на гриле. Ярко, взрывно но не тяжело и очень свежее. Большой потенциал.

#DWGuadoAlTasso #italy #bolgheri #pts94
— 9 years ago

Ian Blackburn

10

100 points - rich, fruit driven, stylish, fantastic - hard to not drink now but better in 2016 — 10 years ago

Ben Roberts

9.8

Wine spectator 100 rating. — 11 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.5

18/20 (95/100) Неожиданно парфюмный и цветочный аромат с нотами спелых красных и чёрных ягод, шоколада, морёной древесины, ванили и гвоздики. Умеренная тельность, высокая кислотность, бархатистые танины. Насыщенное во вкусе. Сила и элегантность. #dfwe2019 — 4 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.4

17.5/20 (94/100) Развитой букет ароматов сушеных яблок, вяленой вишни, кизила, с тонкими тонами подлеска, кожи и гвоздики. Тельное с высокой, немного резкой кислотностью и довольно интенсивными, замшевыми по текстуре танинами. годы, подлесок и кожа во вкусе. Великолепно! #dfwe2018 — 5 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.2

17/20 (92/100) Вино с ароматами сока из чёрной смородины, вишни, базилика, малины, ванили и шоколада с нотой сметаны. Дуб отлично интегрирован и не выпирает. Довольно высокая кислотность и мягкие, нежные танины. Отлично. (04.10.2017) — 6 years ago

Austin Casselman

10

100 points. — 7 years ago

Kacie Lyn

9.0

Light with a tart ending. On it — 7 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.8

Megan's wine of the night.
Absolutely superb. Definitely old world versus New World. Layers upon layers of deep and rich spice, prune and perhaps some type of herb that I could not place my finger on. you felt a kicking in on the back palate. It had so much going on that you relished every sip. This has another 20 years in front of it easily. It was just a baby tonight. No Decant!!!! Just popped and poured and it was sublime!. Thank goodness I have one left!!!!! Megan is developing an incredible Palate! She knew exactly what she did and did not like this evening. This immediately struck a chord and placed first. In all honesty, we are splitting hairs when it comes to the wines that we poured this evening. This was in my top three as well. Bravo Megan!!! This 100 point beauty definitely lived up to its hype. — 7 years ago

with Ryan and Christine

Lewis Chester

9.2

2004 vintage. From Jay. 2004 Bartolo Mascarello - Brief Note from Galloni Historical Retrospective Held in London April 26, 2016. Dark ruby colour. Fresh violets on the nose together with cherries. A little tobacco wrapper. Cracked cloves. Nice fruit on the pallet and very silky. This is both elegant and old school in all the right ways. 92+/100. Drink 2017 to 2028+ — 8 years ago

Eric Adams

9.3

Even my non-red drinking son enjoyed it — 8 years ago

with Steph

Erik Von Rueden

10

Great full body red. Goes great with Pork Tingas!! — 8 years ago

with Laura

John McDonald

9.5

Big juicy garnacha. 3rd of 6 purchased. Kirsch, licorice, berry.
RP 100 — 10 years ago

Bryan Lipa

9.0

100% Cabernet Franc from Tuscany! Silky smooth, good acid, impressive... — 10 years ago

Philip English

9.6

100% late harvest merlot, awesome wine — 11 years ago

Gunja Gargeshwari

9.3

WOTN - 100% Grenache - simply outstanding! — 5 years ago

with Amit

E & K G

9.2

100% Pinot Meunier! Fresh goodness but with the right balance of fruit, flavors and acidity. — 6 years ago

Nelson Fitch

9.3

One of the best 2014 Gringets out there. — 6 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.3

22 March 2017. Rouge Tomate, New York, NY. — 7 years ago

Charlie Beatty

Buyer wineworksonline.com

10

Awesome 97 Insignia. The wine of the night and there were plenty others. Sharing this with all on our Monday night dinner group. I would say 100 points because it was. Guys like Rob Parker recently upgraded this to a 100pts. Big rich full and elegant stand out on this 20 yr old wine. Thanks David for giving me this Awesome Beauty. CB — 7 years ago

with Walter, Dennis and 4 others

Tom Kobylarz

9.6

100% Pinot Meunier (and 100% awesome!) — 8 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.6

18.5/20 (96/100) Интенсивный рубиновый цвет, непрозрачное. Интенсивность аромата выше среднего, концентрированный: черные ягоды (черника, черная смородина), сливовый джем, ваниль, гвоздика, корица, сырое дерево, шоколад. Сухое с высокой кислотностью, интенсивность танинов выше среднего, зрелые, округлые, бархатистые. Вкус интенсивный, ягодный, джемовый. Мощное, сложное, агрессивное вино. #dfwe2015 — 8 years ago

Eric Egan

9.2

Super-weird bottle. Mid-shoulder, crumbly cork, and the colour of freshly pressed strawberry juice - extremely pale as slightly cloudy! The immediate scent was quite off-putting but after 30 minutes it stormed back! Scents of autumn mulch, burning vine roots, sour cherries, and raspberry compote. A weird sourness and heady acidity on the front of the palette but it still keeps together well. Clearly badly kept but still really interesting to drink! A true testament to The quality of Mouton under the stewardship of the late Baron. I wonder if this is what some of the better kept bottles might be like in 100 years' time!? — 8 years ago

Chelsea Boss

Sales & Marketing Favia Wines

9.2

Next up on the vintage timeline after a 100 point wine. (If we are to assume the preferences of one man's palate!) Soft tannins, maybe a bit green though. Absolutely catering to my preferred style of Cabernet, finding more balance most Napa Valley designates. — 9 years ago

with Pat

Ralph DiBiasi

9.2

100% Sangiovese, wet leaves, red sour cherries, went great with a Margarita Pizza — 10 years ago

DAG

9.5

Great bottle not sure it's 100 pt worthy but damn good. I think I prefer the 2010 three digit Spottswoode. — 11 years ago