#1982 pichon lalande password
Email address Forgot your email Password Forgot your password. , 9:00 PST San Francisco 1982 Chateau Pichon Lalande, Pauillac, (3 Bottles) ×. Yet the bottom line is that both wines represent fabulous, era-defining contributions to this legendary vintage, and both continue to offer profound expression of Pauillac at its peak. Chateau Pichon Lalande 1982, Pauillac (3) Sold for US 1,521 inc. Why is it not 100 points in my book? Well, compared to the 1982 Latour, it does not possess that same level of precision or length. Explore our range New Listings Immediately Available Bordeaux 2021 Mature Bordeaux All Champagne. It is a long-term wine, so do not be surprised if it continues along its plateau for another 20 years. 1959 Pichon Lalande (vintage is not shown on label, identifiable on the cork). Pichon Comtesse is one of the stars of Pauillac, and one of the original 'Super Seconds' in Bordeaux. The palate retains its exquisite balance thanks to its fine tannin and layers of black, graphite-infused fruit that ease you into its sumptuous finish. May Eliane de Lencquesaing had been at Pichon since 1978, so four years by the time the 1982 rolled around. This bottle, of perfect provenance, was captivating on the nose - still youthful and jam-packed with very pure and intense black and red fruit, mixed with cedar and graphite notes that ebb away as the Merlot component takes over and delivers strawberry and undergrowth scents. Château Pichon Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 1855 2ième Cru 1982. Resembling the Mouton in structure, but with sweeter fruit on the palate, a little bit less concentration and slightly less precision in the tannins.
The châteaus seminal 1982 vintage even garnered the perfect score of 100 points by wine critic Robert Parker. This wine opens with a whiff of wild grass, snuff and malt amid distinct notes of green capsicum, captivating the senses with a wonderful lift of velvety red fruits within a fleshy mature rounded complex. Château Pichon Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 1855 2ième Cru 2016. Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande came third in the 1982 tasting. Under the 1855 Classification, which Napoleon III requested for the Exposition Universelle de Paris, Pichon-Lalande falls under the Deuxièmes Grands Crus Classés, or Second Classified Growth category. Nevertheless, it remains a brilliant, benchmark wine that continues to give a great deal of pleasure. 1982 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, courtesy of Sir Bob. Whilst I enjoyed several bona fide perfect examples of the 1982 Château Pichon Lalande in the late nineties, my most recent encounters imply that these years were its peak.