Chateau Pichon Comtesse de Lalande 1996

Bewertungen

• 97/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  At probably full-maturity, this is a gorgeous Pauillac. rich, supple, and concentrated, you find a wealth of dark currants, tobacco leaf, cigar box, spice, blackberry, peppery herbs, and leather on the nose. The palate is even better with its silky textures, length, and soft, luscious, earthy, tobacco-tinted fruits that linger. Popped and poured, it showed great from the get-go."

• 97/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  The 1996 Pichon Lalande is deep garnet-brick in color. It starts off a little closed, slowly revealing notes of warm cassis, stewed plums, unsmoked cigars, and crushed rocks, giving way to nuances of smoked meats and black truffles. The medium-bodied palate is pure, precise, and energetic, featuring elegant, fine-grained tannins and bags of freshness, finishing long and mineral-laced. Still very youthful, this wine should easily cellar another 15-20 years."

• 19/20

  Weinwisser
  Dunkles Rubinrot mit leicht aufhellenden Rändern. Verführerisches Bouquet mit perfekt reifen, würzig unterlegten roten Früchten, Lakritz, Zeder, Tabak und Leder. Am Gaumen ein klassischer Paulliac mit eleganten, femininen Zügen, seidenfeinen Tanninen, schwarzer Johannisbeere, wieder ein Hauch Zeder, wunderbar ausgewogen, von zeitloser Schönheit."

• 97/100

  The Wine Advocate
  The 1996 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is really beginning to drink with style, wafting from the glass with an inviting nose of blackberries, cassis, cherries, rich soil tones, Cuban cigar and subtle hints of mint and bergamot. Medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with an expansive, sumptuous core of fruit that's underpinned by ripe acids and ripe, powdery virile tannins, it concludes with a long, penetrating and sapid finish. This unusually Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated vintage was tightly wound for its first two decades, but as time passes it's the château signature that's dominating the cépagement. It's one of the wines of the vintage in 1996."

• 95/100

  Falstaff
  Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine Mischung aus dunklen Waldbeeren, Cassis, ein Hauch von Zedernholz, viel Nougat. Saftig, opulent, erinnert an Top-Cabernets des Napa Valleys, sehr frisch strukturiert, vom überdurchschnittlich hohen Cabernet-Sauvignon-Anteil geprägt, aromatischer, fast barocker Stil, im Finish dann mineralisch, ein lagerfähiger, lang anhaftender Wein, wird noch lange Freude bereiten."

• 95/100

  Jane Anson
  I have been lucky enough to have this vintage of Comtesse three times in the past year, and two of the three bottles (including this one) have been brilliant. Considered one of the wines of the vintage at the time, this is packed full of signature Pauillac but also signature Comtesse. Silky seductive tannins at this point, powerful but with delicacy, soft saffron and cedar notes, with a smoked campfire finish. A higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in the bottle than in most years, and it has helped it to remain enticingly firm. 50% of production went into the first wine."

• 95/100

  Decanter
  I have had better bottles of this particular vintage from Pichon Comtesse, and in this lineup the Pichon Baron is the one that stood out, but this is still a brilliant wine and is rightly considered to be among the best of the vintage. Full of concentrated blackberry and blackcurrant fruits, with sweet cedar and saffron spice notes as it opens, gentle liquorice root and charred oak on the finish. A higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in the bottle than in most years (certainly at the time), and it has helped it to remain enticingly firm. 50% of production went into the first wine."

• 17,5/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Really intriguing wine that's already quite evolved on the nose. Really deliciously perfectly formed at this stage. Juicy and ripe but with admirable freshness. Most impressive."