Magnum Comtesse de Lalande - Château Pichon Longueville

Wine Advocate

87 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/04/2002

The 1999 Pichon Lalande performed inconsistently. This wine is a blend of 47% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Petit Verdot. It offers a complex, evolved bouquet of cedar, underbrush, red currants, and spice box. The dark ruby color is not as saturated as many 1999s, and the wine possesses the weight and style of the 1979 and 1981 (both of which are superior to 1999). There is medium body, excellent ripeness, and an angular finish, without the persistence typically found at this chateau. Anticipated maturity: now-2012.

Wine Spectator

88 / 100

par James Suckling le 31/03/2002

A delicate and refined red. Fresh aromas of raspberries and minerals follow through to a medium-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a delicate, refreshing finish. Best after 2003. 15,000 cases made.

Wine Advocate

88-89 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/04/2001

A blend of 47% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Petit Verdot, the 1999 Pichon-Lalande is putting on weight as it evolves in cask. The color is a deep ruby with purple nuances. Medium to full-bodied, with a sexy nose of caramel, tobacco, sweet black currants, and spice, it is a silky-textured, seductive effort that may merit an outstanding rating, if it develops more length and mid-palate. It has evolved well over the last year, and is now displaying more of Pichon-Lalande's class and nobility. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2018.

Vinum

16.50 / 20

le 30/06/2000

Ce vin a tout misé sur la souplesse de ses tannins, l’élégance et la fraîcheur, c’est précisément ce qu’il fallait pour cette année. Une concentration modérée (c’est un compliment) pour ce vin intelligemment vinifié.

Le Point

16.50 / 20

par Jacques Dupont le 31/05/2000

Nez prune, épices douces, note grillée, gras, moelleux, bien plein, riche et fruité, beaucoup de saveurs, cèdre, résine, long. Un séducteur avec beaucoup d’allure.

Wine Advocate

87-88 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/04/2000

Pichon Lalande appears to have taken a bumpy road. The 1999 tastes very good, but not up to the impeccably high standards this property has maintained for nearly two decades. The dark ruby-colored 1999 possesses an herbaceous, smoky, licorice, and black fruit-scented nose. Made in an elegant, medium-bodied style, it lacks depth, dimension, and persistence. This estate was obviously not able to fully overcome the heavy rain (six inches) that fell during the last two weeks of September. The 1999 is an easy to understand, charming, lighter-weight Pichon Lalande to drink during its first 10-12 years of life.