Heidrun Hauksdottir

9.1

Fínt með fiskibllu — 3 years ago

Kirk F

9.2

Enjoyed revisiting the 14. Delish! — 5 years ago

Mark Lorrigan

8.9

Excellent — 6 years ago

Nick Wang

10

Amazing wine for beginners. Light, fruity and easy drinking. Relatively high acidity. Recommend it to anyone starting out with wine. — 7 years ago

Mike Allas

9.0

Good fruit hint of heat may need to open a bit. — 7 years ago

Keshia Kuhn

9.1

Notes of strawberry and butter. Can't go wrong with a rosé! — 7 years ago

Petr Jonak

9.0

Decanter FWE 2012 — 8 years ago

Liz McNeal

9.5

Smokey nice with Ribeye — 8 years ago

Peter Bast

8.9

$10/bottle - very good value. Floral, feminine. — 9 years ago

First Last

9.2

About me: I prefer light or medium bodied, semi-sweet, soft/smooth, fruity nose, weak or medium flavor, clean finish. Don't care for very sweet, acidic, dry, crisp, oaky, bitter, peppery, tannic, strong, heavy. Usually don't eat when I drink wine. Rating only reflects my preference.

Review: Opens creamy, quite sweet with pronounced cherry flavor. Followed by some oak (though it's prepared in steel drums) and very mild bitterness. Finish slightly mineral with mild cherry. Reminds me of port. Bought a case. — 9 years ago

Annette Franklin

9.4

Great again from Loire region. — 10 years ago

Amy Cleary

Wine blogger WineBookGirl

9.4

Loving Saturdays Giro wine. — 11 years ago

Dana Wagner

9.5

Great CDP. Paired rightfully with beef bourguignon. Dark blackberry, rich earth. — 4 years ago

Robin Powell

9.3

Loved the fruitiness of this bottle. Light on the tannins, which I prefer. Went well with spicy food. — 5 years ago

Byron C Mayes

8.9

Slightly hazy garnet in the glass. Abundant, bosomy nose of black cherry and cigar box. Full-bodied, juicy palate of black cherry, cured tobacco, and balsamic all supported by sturdy medium-plus tannins and medium acidity. Wow! This is what Rioja should be all of the time! Holding up incredibly well 17 years on and seems to still have maybe another five years (at least) left. Steak and game seem like naturals, but don’t miss out on pairing with Southwestern cuisine. — 6 years ago

joy horn

9.1

Baron De Ley Finds Monasterio, Cosecha 2003, Rioja. Bought before 2013. Probably around $40. Waited too long to drink. Was still very rich, with strong tannins. The fruit flavors were still there. Way too much sediment. Had to decant through coffee filter. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.3

Another fab 01 Rioja @ £58 in the region of 890 01 & YGAY 01 in depth of aromas & flavours but at a lower price point 😎 At its peak 🌋

🍇 85% Tempranillo & 15% Cab S

🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brown edge

👃 Rich earthy ripe deep dark creamy spiced cherry buried in tinged smokey oak, leather, mocha, mushroom & liquorice

👄 Med+ silky smooth chewy creamy black cherry covered in cocoa w/ a touch of minerals, liquorice & plummy tones

🎯 Long dark creamy cherry & oaky mocha mouth coating — 7 years ago

Renee Chevalier

10

Thank you for sharing this great wine Martin Rivard — 8 years ago

Justin Anthony

9.8

great example of Sangiovese I its purest form. bravo Michele — 8 years ago

Paul Lewis

9.5

A fantastic wine , amazing nose and good palate. Best paired with a oven baked dorado from Ligurian sea. — 8 years ago

Mayuka Yatomi

8.9

Full of rich juicy cherries and currants with hint of vanilla. Very modern in style with soft tannin. Super approachable Bordeaux wine. — 9 years ago

PABA

9.0

Part of vertical tasting (08; 05; 03)
All open 1 hr early.
05 still good. Drink soon. — 9 years ago

Samantha Rushton

9.1

Light with vanillary notes :) — 10 years ago

Damon Lee Carter

9.0

Lovely soft flavours with rich grape overtones — 5 years ago

Natalie Griffin

9.4

Great champagne blend with sharp bubbles and toasted caramel notes. Some green apple. Excellent especially at $25. — 6 years ago

Pierre Gustafsson

9.0

Really nice wine! Goes well during the bbq preparation and with the bbq dinner — 7 years ago

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

Mitrich

9.7

Очень хорошо. — 9 years ago

Carlos Lobão

9.2

Aniversário 59 anos Dona Íris no Dom Giuseppe — 10 years ago

Florence Gin

9.5

Great sweet red wine. Almost dessert like. — 12 years ago