{"product_id":"chateau-pichon-longueville-comtesse-de-lalande-reserve-de-la-comtesse-pauillac-2015-750ml","title":"Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande - Réserve (de la Comtesse) Pauillac 2022 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlend: 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, 2%Cabernet Franc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional Ratings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e95 James Suckling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe al dente fruit is so attractive with blackcurrants, dark plums and orange peel. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with tannins that start slowly, building at the end to a crescendo of intensity and power. It’s muscular and chewy but not overdone. A great second wine of Pichon Lalande. Needs time to soften and come together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 Resèrve de la Comtesse, a lovely wine that's one of the most accomplished second wines of Bordeaux. Offering up aromas of sweet minty berries, burning embers, pencil shavings and violets, it's medium to full-bodied, lavish and aromatic, with an almost exotic core of fruit, powdery tannins and a penetrating finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e93 Decanter\u003cbr\u003eGorgeous aromatics, vibrant but deep too. Tannins make the impact straight away, there’s good density here, clear concentration this is carrying some heft in the really quite potent dark fruit flavours, spiced edges and sense of heat that comes through the underneath. Broad but focussed, definitely more streamlined than wide and plush, with almost chewy tannins but that have a pure cool blue fruit, liquorice and slate grip to them giving them edges and creating the linear focus. Feels well constructed, still on the tense nervous side but it has an appealing juicy grip too. 3.8pH. 50% grand vin, 50% second wine. 3.8pH. 2% Cabernet Franc completes the blend.\u003cbr\u003eBarrel Sample: 93\u003cbr\u003e93 Jeb Dunnuck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep purple-hued, the 2022 Pichon Comtesse Reserve is based on 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, raised 14 months in 50% new barrels. It's beautifully done and has a ripe, layered, yet still classic style in its ripe black and blue fruits, graphite, and floral notes. It's medium to full-bodied and has a round, layered mouthfeel and ripe tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e93 Wine Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaden with warmed cassis and dark plum notes, this moves slowly as bittersweet cocoa, espresso crema and dark tobacco accents fill in along the way. Cedar and savory hints add range and cut to the finish, and there's ample latent depth. A touch old school and can handle some cellaring. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtess de Lalande","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43163686600928,"sku":"118182","price":83.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/products\/chateau-pichon-longueville-comtesse-de-lalande-reserve-de-la-comtesse-pauillac_1.jpg?v=1691785877","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-pichon-longueville-comtesse-de-lalande-reserve-de-la-comtesse-pauillac-2015-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}