CHÂTEAU PICHON LALANDE

1982 2ème Cru Classé Pauillac

Grapes Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Pauillac
Classification 2ème Cru Classé

The 1982 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a benchmark vintage for the estate, although I have not encountered a perfect bottle for around 20 years, when I believe the wine was at its height. Still, this is a lovely Pauillac with plush black and blue fruit on the nose, like before, almost Margaux-like in terms of its crushed violet component. The palate is ripe and rich on the entry thanks to the contribution of the Merlot, yet there is such panache and swagger that you instantly fall for its charm. Melted tar and pencil shavings on the very persistent finish. Just a very very gorgeous wine. Tasted at the 1982 Dinner at Hatched. Drinking range: 2022 - 2045 Rating: 96 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Sept 2022)


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So much depth to the fruit, this is still pulsating even as it knocks on 40 years old. Last tasted July 2018, and two years on it continues to deliver at the top of its game, but surely now is the time to drink to be sure of getting the full experience. You can expect soft tertiary notes of truffle and cedar but the fruit remains caressing and welcoming, with caramel-edged sweet black cherry and blackberry, fleshy and exotic. One to share, and to give thanks for. May-Eliane de Lencquesaing had been at Pichon for four years at this point and she oversaw a relatively generous 40hl/h yield. Harvest 16-30 September. Drinking range: 2021 - 2035 Rating: 100 Jane Anson, Decanter (Sept 2021)

The 1982 Pichon-Lalande has a very pure bouquet, sensual and beautifully defined, featuring blackberry and hints of graphite, and later crushed violet, so that the aromatics are almost Margaux-like. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly edgy, balsamic-tinged entry. There is great depth, focus and power here, though in recent encounters I find the secondary aromas more prominent, and the wine no longer possesses the flamboyance that it demonstrated a decade ago. Hints of tar and pencil shaving line the persistent finish. This remains a great wine, and yet several bottles in the last 24 months suggest that it is no longer the perfect wine that it clearly was in the late 1990s. Tasted at a vertical tasting at the château. Drinking range: 2019 - 2045 Rating: 97 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Aug 2019)

Another dazzling wine, the 1982 Pichon Lalande is utterly profound from the very first taste. In the glass, the 1982 is powerful and explosive, with seemingly endless layers of flavor that continue to unfurl over time. Vivid, intensely aromatic and seamless, the 1982 has enough pedigree and depth to drink well for at least several decades. What a wine! Drinking range: 2017 - 2027 Rating: 100 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Oct 2017)

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