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2012 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2eme Cru Classe, Pauillac
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2012 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2eme Cru Classe, Pauillac
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Wine Spectator
A gutsy, terroir-driven style, with briar-edged grip carrying notes of macerated black currant fruit, fig and plum sauce. This shows lots of dark anise through the finish, along with notes of roasted apple wood and a hint of cassis bush. Delivers excellent range, purity and energy. Best from 2018 through 2027. 10,000 cases made.
Wine Enthusiast
Intense black currant fruitiness makes this wine unabashedly forward. The palate bears weighty tannins behind that fruit, resulting in a wine that is already quite balanced and structured. Barrel Sample: 94-96
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2012 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande is a beautiful, elegant wine in this slightly more challenging vintage (at least for the northern Médoc) and is well worth cellaring and drinking. A blend of 59 Cabernet Sauvignon, 28 Merlot, 8 Cabernet Franc and 5 Petit Verdot, it has classic Pauillac lead pencil notes as well as plenty of blackcurrants, tobacco leaf, and cedar. Medium-bodied, forward, and seamless on the palate, it shows the classic elegance of this estate, has ripe tannins, and is already impossible to resist. Enjoy this solid 2012 Pauillac over the coming 15-20 years.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The grande dame, the 2012 Pichon Lalande represents only 50 of their harvest production. It has soft, round tannins, endearing elegance, and up-front fruit. It is not a blockbuster, but its lush, richly fruity style is charming and seductive, with raspberry, blueberry, mocha and blackcurrant fruit and a deep ruby/purple color. This medium-bodied, supple-textured wine is surprisingly precocious and forward, and therefore best drunk over the next 15 years. The final blend was 59 Cabernet Sauvignon, 28 Merlot, 8 Cabernet Franc and 5 Petit Verdot.