Stewart Gross

8.9

Very pleasant and yummy 2018 — 4 years ago

Joseph Elliott

9.0

Nice fine red wine, fairly dry and robust. Good with charcuterie. — 7 years ago

Julia Geisler

9.2

Herby, there’s almost a butteryness to it? Kind of light on the palette. When tasted right after the Vacqueyras it’s a little less exciting. — 7 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

Jean-Noël Colas

9.1

Côtes du Roussillon 2012
Domaine du Bout du Monde
Edouard Laffitte — 11 years ago

Kelly Cleary

9.0

I was out voted — 11 years ago

Bec Kempster

9.5

$9 from dan murphys. From Provence awesome cheap rosé. Good eating — 12 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Wow. Awesome.

Almost some sweet yeast thing on the nose. Not actually sweet.

Palate has great fruit. Very ripe for champagne. Not overripe but rich. Excellent deliciousness

Long delicious finish.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

Oldrich Cabla

9.2

Very nice — 7 years ago

Byron Hewett

8.9

Solid. Needs another 3+ years. — 7 years ago

Tomi Mikkonen

9.6

75 PN, 25C. Todella hyvä. — 8 years ago

John Khoury

9.1

Renee likes it — 9 years ago

Damien Redon

9.2

Superbe mais encore trop jeune. Attendre 10 ans. — 9 years ago

Elizabeth Criner

9.1

Lovely, festive champagne nice notes of toast, almonds and floral. — 9 years ago

Littwitz

9.0

Very delicious — 10 years ago

Leigh Noir

9.2

My friend ordered this online from France and it seems legit. Sea foam color in the glass. Very fresh anise flavor! — 10 years ago

Jenni Mosier

9.4

Smoky and Delish!! — 10 years ago

Jeff Clavier

9.3

My friend Pascal Delaunay is a magician. What he has done with that Loire Valley Chardonnay is amazing. — 11 years ago

kosuke murakami

9.7

2001 ミュジニーは美味い — 12 years ago

John Van Trijp

10

Bottle 283/690. Unbelievable big masterpiece! Woow! Very impressed. Perfect score for a St. Aubin? Well what the heck ❤️ — 5 years ago

John T

9.0

Kathy likes this rose — 7 years ago

Chris Haywood

10

Spicy Syrah nose. Rose petals and pepper front and gentle tannins. Seriously good. 2014. — 8 years ago

Martin Votava

8.9

Very nice wine.
— 8 years ago

Fredric Nilsson

9.0

Fredagsmiddag i Epernay med Ebba — 9 years ago

John Walsh

9.3

Mann tasty! — 9 years ago

Stephen Wheeler

9.5

Beautiful, lively and fresh citrus in this wonderful example of Sauvignon Blanc. A real pleasure. — 10 years ago

Brett Jones

8.9

Deep ruby, nutty, oaky, deep dark black fruit, dry supple juicy exciting tannins. Ripe rich with dark chocolate and fine peppery spice.
Ah, the joy of gentle maturity… — 10 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.3

Great WA cab. — 10 years ago

Stan Brady

8.9

Very pleasant with modest citrus components. — 11 years ago

Adessa Eskridge

9.3

Great way to start off Thanksgiving break. Although when we popped the cork on this it almost killed someone, how it didn't shoot through our ceiling I'll never know — 11 years ago