Plus 6 bottles left of 2016!
Double 100 points & also WS Top 100 of 2019

"...matches the 1982 and is a perfect, legendary wine in the making / sense of class and elegance that's hard to describe, it's a 50-year-wine."
100 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

"...every bit as regal as it has always been. Towering and spectacularly rich in the glass, the 2016 captures every ounce of potential is showed from barrel. The 2016 is a vivid, dramatically sweeping wine that will leave readers week at the knees / easily one of the wines of the vintage. Don't miss it!"
100 Points - Vinous
Hello friends,

As you can already see — today's offer is one for the ages. This isn't just the best Bordeaux release — it's one of the best wines in the world.

In fact, in his video review of the wine, James Moleworth, senior editor at Wine Spectator, said this vintage "hit the levels of the famed 1982 and 1959 bottlings."

Little needs to be said about Pichon Lalande: Classified as one of only 15 2éme Cru estates, it is one of Bordeaux's most illustrious "super seconds", and was once part of the larger Pichon estate located in Pauillac, along with what today is Château Pichon Longueville Baron. In 1850, the estate was divided into the two current Pichon estates. In 2006, Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande was bought by Frédéric Rouzaud (who also owns Louis Roederer). Rouzaud hired Nicolas Glumineau as general director in 2012, and this famed Bordeaux second-growth has been on an upward trajectory ever since. Glumineau has overseen a replanting program, increasing the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the vineyards and shifting steadily to organic and biodynamic farming. A cellar renovation included new, smaller vats for a more exacting, parcel-by-parcel and even intra-parcel vinification process. It is not as powerful or as tannic as some its Pauillac neighbors and this is mainly because of its relatively high Merlot content. In the best years, it is one of the most exotic and voluptuously scented wines of the Medoc. At least a decade of cellaring is required before the wines should be approached.

According to Wine Spectator, the changes instituted by Rouzaud and Glumineau have shown results: "In 2018, the estate hit the bar set by its acclaimed ’82 and ’59 vintages with its grand vin blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It’s a blue chip built for long cellar time."

We can only agree and encourage you to procure some of this incredible wine now before it sells out again. After being sold out since last winter, 36 more bottles are finally arriving tomorrow Feb 2nd. We also included the link to our last 6 bottles of the double 100-point 2016 vintage below as well.

Santé
—James Tran
2018 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Pauillac Grand Cru

98+ Points - Jeb Dunnuck:
"The 2018 Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande is a monster of a wine with an almost Château Latour-like stature and structure, offering deep, backward, slightly reductive notes of blackcurrants, crushed stone, scorched earth, lead pencil shavings, and tobacco leaf. Based largely on Cabernet Sauvignon mixed with 23% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, it's full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful on the palate, with masses of tannins, beautiful mid-palate density, and a great finish. As I've commented previously, the up-front, sexy style of the past (due to the larger Merlot content, I believe) has been replaced by a more regal, at times austere profile. Nevertheless, it's still its own wine and very Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in style. This 2018 is going to need 5-7 years of bottle age and will evolve for 40+ years." (3/11/21)

98 Points & Rank #2 Top 100 Wines of 2021 - Wine Spectator:
"Offers a deep well of dark currant, blackberry paste and plum preserves fruit that needs time to unwind fully, as it’s shrouded in warm earth, tobacco, singed cedar, sweet bay leaf and savory notes. A ramrod of graphite adds to the racy, structured feel. Best from 2030 through 2050." - JM (March 31, 2021)

98 Points - Wine Enthusiast:
"This famous estate at the southern end of Pauillac has produced a powerful wine. Packed blackberry fruits, laced with acidity, are just starting out on a long journey along with the tannins. The wine's elegance is beautifully preserved within the structure. With considerable potential, the wine should not be drunk before 2027." - Roger Voss (5/1/2021)

98 Points - Decanter
97+ Points - Wine Advocate
97+ Points - Vinous
97 Points - James Suckling
  • 36 bottles in 12-pack OWC are landing tomorrow Feb 2nd, 2022

List: $285.00 btl
Online Average: $267.00 btl
Area Competitor: $264.99 btl
Our Sale:

$249.97 btl
6 bottles left of the 2016 Vintage

100 Points - Jeb Dunnuck:
"Coming from the genius winemaking talent of Nicolas Glumineau, the 2016 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande matches the 1982 and is a perfect, legendary wine in the making. A blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc brought up in 60% new oak, it's not the most powerful Left Bank but offers perfect balance and thrilling intensity as well as heavenly aromatics of crème de cassis, leafy herbs, jammy blackberries, tobacco leaf, and freshly sharpened lead pencils as well as more violets and minerality with time in the glass. Possessing a deep, full-bodied, singular character, the purity of fruit that's the hallmark of the vintage, building tannins, and a sense of class and elegance that's hard to describe, it's a 50-year-wine. While this cuvée has included a fair chunk of Merlot in the past that gave it more upfront appeal, it's important for readers to know it's much more Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated today, and while it is slightly more approachable than some of its neighbors, it shuts down rather quickly with time in the glass. (I followed this wine for multiple days.) I suspect a solid decade of cellaring is warranted." - Jeb Dunnuck (2/28/2019)

100 Points - Vinous:
"The 2016 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is every bit as regal as it has always been. Towering and spectacularly rich in the glass, the 2016 captures every ounce of potential is showed from barrel. The 2016 is a vivid, dramatically sweeping wine that will leave readers week at the knees. Beams of tannin give the 2016 soaring intensity that is matched by a host of aromas and flavors that open up in the glass. Blackberry jam, graphite, spice, menthol, licorice, pencil shavings and spice are all finely sketched in a bold, savory Pauillac that hits all the right notes. The 2016 Pichon Comtesse has been riveting on each of the four occasions I have tasted it from barrel thus far, making it easily one of the wines of the vintage. Nicolas Glumineu and his team turned out an epic Pichon Comtesse in 2016. Don't miss it!

98+ Points - Wine Advocate
98 Points - James Suckling
98 Points - Decanter
97 Points & Rank #97 Top 100 Wines of 2019 - Wine Spectator
  • 6 bottles left

Competitor's: $319.99 btl
Our Sale:

$279.97 btl
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