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Pichon Lalande 2024
Pauillac, Second Growth
| GBP Price: | Size | Quantities | Units | status | Actions |
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| £531 per Case | 6x75cl | Cases | 36 | - | [Add to shopping basket] |
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The 2024 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is clearly driven by Cabernet Sauvignon on the nose. Predominantly black fruit, freshly rolled tobacco and light cedar scents unfold in the glass, resolutely classic in style, strict yet focused and defined. The palate is medium-bodied with light tannins, evidencing the much lighter extraction exacted by Nicolas Glumineau. This results in an impressively balanced Pichon-Comtesse, lightly spiced with hints of cracked black pepper towards the finish, dare I say, cut in a "Lafite" style. Though without the ambition of the '22, this keeps within the limitations set by the growing season. I can imagine this Pauillac slipping down the throat with ease in its flush of youth. Score: 92 - 94 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2028-2048 Date: 01 May 2025 |
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The 2024 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is plush, sensual and inviting. Succulent dark-toned fruit, sweet spice, new leather, mocha, chocolate and lavender build nicely. Here, too, the tannins are so polished, so refined. The 2024 is an especially elegant Pichon-Comtesse. It’s also very clearly one of the wines of the vintage. Bravo. Tasted four times. Score: 94 - 96 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2034-2054 Date: 29 April 2025 |
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83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Cask sample. Bright and fresh on the nose. Refined texture and tannins. Juicy fruit with adequate freshness. Firm and long on the finish. Structured, if a little light on the mid palate. (JL) 13% Score: 16+ Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2032-2050 Date: 28 April 2025 |
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Fragrant cassis bud, rose petals, and peony. Great definition, mouthwatering on the finish, savoury blue and black fruits, less concentration than the past few vintages, but this uses slate textured tannins, cold ash smoke and well-judged salinity to compensate and build interest and engagement. Harvest September 22 through to October 9. 66% new oak. Low yields of around 30hl/h. 16% press wine, 52% of the overall production (with the rest in Pichon Comtesse Reserve, no 3rd wine). 3.7 pH. IPT 70, Score: 94 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2032-2044 Date: 23 April 2025 |
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The 2024 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande offers up attractive aromas of cassis, burning embers, tobacco leaf and fresh mint, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and polished palate that's seamless and suave, concluding with a moderately persistent finish. A blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc that attained 12.7% alcohol, it's a charming effort that will offer a broad drinking window. Score: 91 - 93 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 23 April 2025 |
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