Nektarios Papasavvas

9.0

Rounded tanins, fruity — 6 years ago

John Willison

9.0

Pale color, bright palate. Muted nose. Tangerine initially, austere watermelon rind mid palate, and a citrus acidic PEZ like finish. Nice. — 8 years ago

Nathan Meade

9.0

Lots of grapefruit citrus. A little chalky. A pez or spree like sweetness. Interesting. — 8 years ago

Antoine Cauchard

8.9

Petit Saint-Estèphe qui va bien avec le fromage. Une belle approche agréable en bouche et un bon petit retour gouleyant — 8 years ago

John Willison

9.0

Sweet berry and green nose. Blast of over ripe watermelon, pez like crispness, green tones, and a clean finish. Enjoyable. — 9 years ago

Roger Lang

9.7

Initial taste: orange rind, bittersweet chocolate, chalky unsweetened pez violet candies, some acid still there...

Nose after 30 min: maple, cinnamon roll, hot chocolate laced with cardamon.

Sum: perfumy, musky, chocolate cordial w/ citris/orange and lime peels, ending with tree bark, eucalyptus, mint and bay leaf to cleanse the palette for the next glass... — 9 years ago

with Andrew, Neil and 1 other

TJ

9.5

Tart and dark red fruit, orange peel, pez notes, forest floor and high acid. Bright, mouthwatering, and complexity keeps you coming back. Really nice! — 9 years ago

John Willison

9.2

Pale, pale color. Lemon zest, peach, and honeysuckle nose. Citrus, white peach, and then white stone minerality. PEZ Like dustiness. Very dry, very good. — 9 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

9.5

Wet leaves, touch of barn yard, nicoise olive distant petrol cherry pez dust. Med-light body, fine tannins, great length on the finish, really good wine, very impressed — 9 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

8.9

Cherry pez on the nose and palate bright on acid soft backbonr with a distant green menthol /green charactet ruby red hue slight dried citrus rind fine slightly firm tannins
A young simple wine with good potential to age ovet the next 3 to 5 yrs .... a touch awkward in a good way ... — 10 years ago

Sergio Licea

9.1

Lemon curd, orange blossom, pez candy, chalk, hint of vanilla bean. Fresh vibrant acidity, medium bodied, crisp mineral finish. — 10 years ago

David Shaw

9.1

Pale white, excellent clarity. Lime and floral notes in nose. Lemon custard and peach flavors, crisp, dry but fruity, not semidry. Mild astringency with lime, minerality and maybe lactic on finish. Peach and lemon Pez aftertaste. Nuanced wine, excellent varietal expression, well crafted. — 7 years ago

Nagib Nasr

9.2

Beautifully balanced Bordeaux. Complex, smooth, leather with a nice long finish. — 8 years ago

Sergio Licea

9.5

Ripe red cherries, raspberry, vanilla bean, white pepper, clove, pez candy. Snapping rounded acidity, minimal smooth velvet tannins, light-medium bodied, silky concentrated texture, long tart red fruit, slightly peppery finish. Young, elegant, aromatics evolved in glass. — 8 years ago

John Willison

9.2

Crushed lemon PEZ, almond oil, and citrus nose. Citrus, minerals. Very nice. — 8 years ago

Sergio Licea

9.5

Blackberry cream, olive tapenade, haystack, pez candy, lavender liqueur, iron. Beautiful rounded acid/slight velvet tannic balance, smooth silky texture, light bodied, long complex herbal, fruity, smoky finish. Polished rusticity. One of the most alive wines I've had in some time. — 9 years ago

William Paley

9.6

Orange pez and smarties in a maple colored cloud, smoke and powder and bitter black pepper residue — 9 years ago

with Jess

Evelyn Koh

9.0

The 2011 was light and can be paired with many foods — 9 years ago

Ksandek Podbielski

9.3

I love this! Cut grass, pineapple and PEZ candies! — 9 years ago

John Willison

9.1

Pale yellow color. Yellow fruit with minerality on the nose. Lemon PEZ candy zestiness and chalkiness. Decent acidity and lingering mineral finish. As an 'acid head', if anything would want even more acidity. Good stuff — 9 years ago

Kristen Boyorek

9.3

Shared with Mary Pez. She thinks she got it at Trader Joes. Very easy Pinot Noir — 10 years ago

Ana Herrera

9.1

Muy fácil de beber, con vistas al mar y acompañando un arroz en Pez Vela — 10 years ago

M T

9.9

Pez vela. Barcelona Imre — 12 years ago

Somm 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. — 8 years ago

Mark Lindzy

9.3

Single vineyard Albariño with 15 days skin contact, then into old large barrels for 8 months or so. Freshly cracked orange Pez with texture for days! — 9 years ago

Stef Esto

9.0

Un saint emilion qui me fait penser aux ormes de pez. — 9 years ago

Jane Becker

9.0

Very fruity and dry. Julia likes it too. $17. Easter 2015. — 9 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

9.0

Dark burgundy in color lively dried red fruit very distant spice dusty aromatics distant candied cherry pez powder medium light body bright acid tannin profile is a little lean med long finish over ripe red fruit on finish..a touch clumsy - if they work out the tannins on the back end this one has a lot of potential — 10 years ago

Daisy Wine

9.0

Peppery, barnyard, weathered rose, sandalwood. Dry. Light in color with nice fines. Silky tannins. Vanilla bean on the finish. — 10 years ago

M T

9.7

Pez vela. Barcelona — 12 years ago