Amanda Pendergraft

10

Strawberries and melons on the pallette and a soft, floral aroma. One of my favorite Pinot noir rosés! — 9 years ago

Steve Mitchell

9.5

Bought from Neil and cellared for 5 years and paired with a Fred's Steak. This was worth the wait.
Medium tannins with a velvety finish! — 9 years ago

with Jo and Laura

Andrei Shustov

9.4

Quite a treat; my first date with this beauty; thanks Neil! — 9 years ago

with Neil

Heather Gay

9.1

Having some Chardonnay with our seafood chopino tonight. — 10 years ago

Tom Wood

8.9

White peach, grapefruit, sweet citrus, nectarines, hazlrenuts, nougat and honeysuckle. Creamy citrus mouthfeel, lengthy finish — 11 years ago

Tom Wood

9.2

Surprising. Little bargain bin number again. Crisp and lean. Juicy acid. Pear, pear and pear with some feint underlying nutiness — 11 years ago

Neil Walsh

9.1

Very good value Pinot. Mid weight with lots of fruit and silky long finish — 11 years ago

Steve Mitchell

9.5

Earthy nose, smooth velvety tanins with a nice finish. This cab is ready now ! Paired with a steak, potatoe and artichoke. It does not get any better than this for a Saturday dinner. I will continue to buy Neil Cabs because they are consistently well done. — 11 years ago

with Laura and Jo

Eileen Hallmark

9.0

Tonight's early beach vino on 30A. I ❤️this wine. — 12 years ago

Kate Saylor

9.7

Very nice Sauvignon Blanc. Crisp, light, refreshing. — 12 years ago

Martin Kelly

9.8

Best wine we've had from Barossa so far! — 13 years ago

with Ania

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. — 9 years ago

Jonathan Keytel

8.9

Spicy - green peppers and white pepper. — 11 years ago

Chuck Breder

9.1

Bought at pike place market. Very good but not substantially better than most $30 bottles. — 11 years ago

Melissa Treadway

8.9

Did not get the olive brine this time... — 11 years ago

Michael VeeEss

8.9

Medium body. Good value. Pike and Western select. — 12 years ago

Erin Pooley

Owner/Winemaker Good Luck Wines

9.5

I heart Team Neil Prentice — 12 years ago

Robb Ponti

9.7

Great sipper — 13 years ago

Connie Hum

9.0

Had at dinner at Avant Garden with Neil — 9 years ago

Natalie Ravenscroft

9.1

Delicious bright sweet wine — 9 years ago

with Rosaleigh and Michael

Steve Mitchell

9.5

Neil Cabernets have never disappointed us in the period of time we have been purchasing them.
Paired well with our osso buco ! — 9 years ago

with Jo

Nigel Stuke

9.0

A bit sweet but really balanced. Smells of pike a baked apple crisp, topped with brown sugar and still warm. A favorite. — 10 years ago

romo

9.1

#delicious @Neil Shah — 10 years ago

Antonio Vasco

8.9

Vino de capa media, en nariz potente y alcohol, demasiado diría yo. Frutas rojas y cereza. Buena entrada en boca, potente y golosa, el final largo con alcohol. — 11 years ago

Luciane Snyder

9.0

Seattle!!! — 11 years ago

with Gregg

Margery Barr

8.9

Neil loves this- with Degustibus hands on cooking class — 11 years ago

Sam Friedland

9.2

Mineral taste. Went very well with walleye pike with sour cream and horse reddish. — 12 years ago

Abbey Coyle

10

Best wine ever!!!!!!! With Neil at new Smyrna — 12 years ago

Hugh Fraser

9.6

Strong smoked Oak, Cigar, peppery Shiraz..... Could do with a bit of cellering — 13 years ago

Vik

9.1

Surprisingly good wine — 13 years ago