{"id":19721,"date":"2015-05-22T13:21:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19721"},"modified":"2015-05-22T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T13:25:58","slug":"bordeaux-2014-pichon-lalande-leoville-las-cases-leoville-poyferre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/bordeaux-2014-pichon-lalande-leoville-las-cases-leoville-poyferre\/","title":{"rendered":"Bordeaux 2014 &#8211; Pichon Lalande, L\u00e9oville Las Cases &#038; L\u00e9oville Poyferr\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-19725\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/From-Pichon-looking-toward-Latour-blog-size.jpg\" alt=\"From Pichon looking toward Latour blog size\" width=\"424\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The view from Pichon towards Latour\u00a0<\/em><em><strong>&#8216;..one within touching distance of the First Growths..&#8217;<\/strong> Neal Martin on the 2014<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Two of the big names who made great wines in 2014 are out this morning. First came\u00a0<strong><a title=\"2014 Ch\u00e2teau Pichon-Lalande\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-PICHON-LALANDE-2eme-Cru-Classe-Pauillac-21760-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Ch\u00e2teau Pichon-Lalande<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a3625\/12), <\/strong>its second wine, <a title=\"2014 R\u00c9SERVE DE LA COMTESSE Pauillac\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-RESERVE-DE-LA-COMTESSE-Pauillac-21748-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R\u00e9serve de la Comtesse<\/strong><\/a><strong> (\u00a3215\/12)<\/strong> is also available. Both wines show Pichon back on track and\u00a0making great wines. We were really impressed when we tasted at the ch\u00e2teau. The pedigree of this fine terroir, neighbouring Latour, is clear. This is sophisticated and elegant and yet retains an incredibly sensuous feel in the mouth. Balancing superbly the grandeur and poise of Pauillac\u00a0with huge depth of fruit. At this price\u00a0it\u00a0is below comparable vintages in the market and also looks quite well-placed alongside the 2014s from neighbours\u00a0Pichon Baron and Pontet-Canet which were both more expensive.<\/p>\n<p>And just a moment ago\u00a0<strong><a title=\"2014 CH\u00c2TEAU L\u00c9OVILLE LAS CASES 2\u00e8me Cru Class\u00e9 Saint Julien \" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-LEOVILLE-LAS-CASES-2eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Julien-Chateau-Leoville-Las-Cases-21741-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\">Ch\u00e2teau L\u00e9oville-Las-Cases<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a3895\/12)<\/strong> entered the fray. This was a\u00a0real stand-out for us in 2014 &#8211; and for many one of the very top wines; <strong>Neal Martin<\/strong> again was full of praise &#8211; <em>&#8216;this is an outstanding wine from Jean-Hubert Delon and his team and dare I say, equal to some of the First Growths.&#8217; <\/em>This just makes it into the &#8216;cheapest available vintage on the market&#8217; category &#8211; so deserves a look.<\/p>\n<p>Late last night we had the release of\u00a0another of the \u2018Super Second\u2019\u00a0Saint Julien Chateau\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Ch\u00e2teau L\u00e9oville-Poyferr\u00e9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=19721&amp;action=edit&amp;message=10\" target=\"_blank\">Ch\u00e2teau L\u00e9oville-Poyferr\u00e9<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>\u00a3430\/12<\/strong> \u2013 this comes out at the same price as L\u00e9oville Barton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jancis<\/strong> describes Poyferr\u00e9\u00a0as <em>\u2018Rather glorious really\u2019<\/em> and <strong>Antonio Galloni\u00a0<\/strong>notes\u00a0<em>\u2018This is without question one of the stars of the vintage.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In recent vintages the Poyferr\u00e9 has certainly out-performed Barton\u00a0as an investment, due in part to the 100 points Mr Parker gave the 2009 \u2013 but in our eyes, this year, Barton just looks like the better wine.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the complete list of releases, so far, <a title=\"2014 All releases, so far\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/Recent-releases-261-02.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The view from Pichon towards Latour\u00a0&#8216;..one within touching distance of the First Growths..&#8217; Neal Martin on the 2014 Two of the big names who made great wines in 2014 are out this morning. First came\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau Pichon-Lalande\u00a0(\u00a3625\/12), its second wine, R\u00e9serve de la Comtesse (\u00a3215\/12) is also available. Both wines show Pichon back on track and\u00a0making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676],"tags":[837,361,719,317,720,721],"class_list":["post-19721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-bordeaux","tag-2014-bordeaux","tag-chateau-leoville-las-cases","tag-chateau-pichon-lalande","tag-en-primeur","tag-pauillac-2","tag-reserve-de-la-comtesse"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bordeaux 2014 - Pichon Lalande, L\u00e9oville Las Cases &amp; L\u00e9oville Poyferr\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The view from Pichon towards Latour\u00a0&#039;..one within touching distance of the First Growths..&#039; Neal Martin on the 2014 Two of the big names who made great\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/bordeaux-2014-pichon-lalande-leoville-las-cases-leoville-poyferre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bordeaux 2014 - Pichon Lalande, L\u00e9oville Las Cases &amp; L\u00e9oville Poyferr\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The view from Pichon towards Latour\u00a0&#039;..one within touching distance of the First Growths..&#039; Neal Martin on the 2014 Two of the big names who made great\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/bordeaux-2014-pichon-lalande-leoville-las-cases-leoville-poyferre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lea &amp; Sandeman Wine Merchants | Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeaandSandeman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-22T13:21:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-05-22T13:25:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/From-Pichon-looking-toward-Latour-blog-size.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Porter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@leaandsandeman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@leaandsandeman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Porter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bordeaux 2014 - Pichon Lalande, L\u00e9oville Las Cases & L\u00e9oville Poyferr\u00e9","description":"The view from Pichon towards Latour\u00a0'..one within touching distance of the First Growths..' 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