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Pichon Comtesse Reserve (2nd Wine Pichon Lalande) 2024

Pauillac, Second wine

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£170 per Case 6x75cl Cases 60 - [Add to shopping basket]
Tasting Notes

The 2024 Réserve de la Comtesse represents half the crop this year, with more Cabernet Sauvignon than ever before, partly due to the replanting program in the vineyard. This sample was aged in 100% new oak, but the final blend will be 50%. It offers raspberry and mulberry scents, with light damp undergrowth aromas percolating through, almost moss-like. Fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly rustic tannins on the entry and some wood tannins present, although there will be less in the final blend. Light cedar notes emerge towards the finish, moderate in length, clean and classic in style.

Score: 89 - 91 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2026-2035 Date: 01 May 2025

The 2024 Réserve de la Comtesse is a very racy, sexy wine. Crushed flowers, mint, lavender, new leather, mocha and spice all grace this exquisite, wonderfully nuanced Réserve. All the elements are so well balanced. Silky tannins add to the wine's total feeling of finesse, but the aromatics are just as inviting. Tasted three times.

Score: 91 - 93 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2028-2039 Date: 29 April 2025

Unusually austere on the opening for this highly consistent wine, but things builds slowly but surely, expanding through the mid palate to show chalk, crayon, cassis and cocoa bean, grilled herbs. 48% of overall production in the Pichon Comtesse Reserve, 3.7 pH. IPT 65, 50% new oak for ageing, 15% press wine.

Score: 92 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2038 Date: 23 April 2025

A blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 Resèrve de la Comtesse offers up aromas of minty cassis, plums and licorice, followed by a medium-bodied, ample and velvety palate that emphasizes upfront charm.

Score: 87 - 89 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 23 April 2025