Château Pichon-Lalande, Comtesse De Lalande 2000

220.00 €

Minimum call
This lot was part of our auction «2. Auction» on 27.01.2021.
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Château Pichon-Lalande, Comtesse De Lalande, 2000

1 x 0.750L
Bordeaux
perfect
perfect
high fill
none
96 / 100 Robert Parker
Sitting next to my former colleague, Pierre Antoine Rovani, at one of the tastings, he commented that he didn’t like the striking green note in the aromatics of this wine, which I didn’t detect at all, and a subsequent bottle at another tasting did not reveal it either. I do think there is a hint of bay leaf and a meatiness to it. In short, I find this to be a spectacular Pichon Lalande. Dense purple in color, with loads of coffee, mocha, creme de cassis, and chocolate notes, this is a somewhat unusual blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and a whooping 10% Petit Verdot, with a little bit of Cabernet Franc. The Petit Verdot certainly gives the wine more of a tapenade, floral note, which I think can be interpreted by some as herbal. This is a rich, opulent, stunning Pichon Lalande that is beginning to drink beautifully, yet should continue to improve for at least another 10-15 years and last 30 or more years.
Wine Advocate #189 Jun 2010
95 / 100 Wine Spectator
This has pronounced bay and cassis bush aromas that impart lots of peppery and herbaceous lift, but this is hardly on the lean side as there's a well of gorgeously pure currant and blackberry fruit notes at the core. The finish is sleek and glistening as an iron note takes over.—2000 Bordeaux blind retrospective (December 2015). Drink now through 2028.
http://www.winespectator.com/wine/detail/source/search/not..
17.5 / 20 Jancis Robinson
Bluer than the Pichon-Longueville by quite a margin. A hint of herbaceousness. Pretty. Not excessively ripe. Neat and vibrant but it may disappoint those looking for mass and ripeness? Certainly very 'fresh'. Maybe just a bit too much so for expectations of this vintage and this appellation.
http://www.jancisrobinson.com/tastings/search?perpage=20&k..
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