#2000 PICHON LALANDE FULL#

I believe lead pencil will emerge in time but not sure about the green/vegetal note. Telltale sign of PL’s red fruit and precision. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered, rich and sweet yet precise and energetic, very silky and fluid, noticeable very fine tannins and a seamless long sweet red fruit and flower driven finish. Beautifully perfumed nose displaying intense sweet red and black fruit, cassis dominates, also cherry and blueberry, strong floral note, a hint of vanilla/oak, caramel, a hint of spearmint, only a slight hint of lead pencil, spicy, no noticeable PL signature green/vegetal note and limestone/earth. There were larger houses, too, including a brisk and refreshingly dry Pol Roger 2008.Ģ010 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 96 Points

The evening began with Champagnes generously donated by participants, including fine grower bubblies, such as a delicious La Closerie by Jerome Prévost, an Extra Brut Agrapart Terroirs both savory and sleek, a lovely Pierre Peters Blanc de Blancs, and a wonderful Domaine Cedric Bouchard among others. I look back at my career and think it was the best decision of my life to work for the wine business. So, what could be more obvious than combining my love for wine and the fact that I live in the most prestigious region for wine – Bordeaux – with my profession and start a career in the wine business? In 2005, I worked for Haut Brion and in 2006 for Château Montrose before I became the general manager of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. My plan was to become an opera singer, but the amount of travelling was too much to maintain a good relationship. See also: A Glass of Bordeaux – What Else? – With Wine Journalist Panos KakaviatosĪround that time, I came to the Bordeaux region and ended up meeting my future wife. Please let me know if you cannot make this, as we do have a waiting list. Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2010, 2014, 20

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2000, 2003, 20 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1982, 19 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 19 Will have more details on the dinner servings, as the menu is being planned.īut the dinner, including tips and taxes, comes to $200 per person, including the 16 vintages of Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. The food is excellent there and so should be the service. Many thanks to Bijan for helping to locate this establishment, since Ripple has sadly closed.īecause we should be 24 people, restaurant management has kindly agreed to close off a large space of the restaurant for us, so we would not dine in the cozy single room for smaller wine dinners.

#2000 PICHON LALANDE FULL#

Two bottles each of 16 vintages are being shipped over, ex-château, to Washington, for us to enjoy over a full course dinner at the excellent Spanish restaurant La Taberna del Alabardero. on Wednesday evening 18 October this year. This lot comes from the temperature-controlled cellar of media businessman and wine enthusiast Lord Evgeny Lebedev, where it has been kept since purchase direct from UK importers.Pictures: Nicolas Glumineau of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande with Panos Kakaviatos, Bijan Jabbari and Sommelier Maria Ortiz Garciaĭear Friends, I know that I usually organize such events in January - and that should happen, too, in 2018 - but we have the good fortune to welcome Nicolas Glumineau of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande to Washington D.C. 96/100' Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, 2010 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. The Petit Verdot certainly gives the wine more of a tapenade, floral note, which I think can be interpreted by some as herbal. 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. 'I find this to be a spectacular Pichon Lalande. This lot contains six bottles of 2000 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, a 'Super Second' growth from Bordeaux's Pauillac appellation.

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