2005 PICHON LALANDE FULL

This is a dramatic, almost flamboyant style that is not classic Pauillac in one sense, but a classic wine. I suspect this wine will be relatively approachable young but evolve effortlessly. Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron View all products.

This is a beauty and one of the most successful Pauillacs of this vintage.

2005 PICHON LALANDE FULL

The wine is full-bodied, with extraordinary purity and a tremendous texture. The 2005 Pichon Baron has a dense ruby/purple color, sweet crème de cassis fruit, lots of cedar wood and forest floor, medium to full body, ripe tannin, and a long finish of a good 30+ seconds. The unique encepagement and the twelve hectares of vines situated on the soils of St Julien endow the wines of ChA teau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de. As the 2000 sits in the glass, notes of lavender and melted licorice emerge along with the distinctive tapenade aromas interwoven with creme de cassis, espresso roast, and cedar. Join our Loyality Program and Earn Points Sign Up. In the mouth, it is a wine of extraordinary density, opulence, great presence, and richness. No doubt the Petit Verdot has imparted a certain almost olive-like component to the wine's aromatic profile.

A blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, this effort has a dense saturated purple color, a singular/distinctive yet possibly controversial aromatic smorgasbord existing of creme de cassis, vanilla, and violets, but also tapenade and tree bark. The 2000 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is spectacular, and certainly a noteworthy rival to the 1996, 1995, and even the extraordinary 1982.

2005 pichon lalande