Pichon Comtesse de Lalande 2018

Pichon Longueville is a leading estate in the Pauillac region of Bordeaux.  This second growth wine produces wines with incredible elegance and are highly regarded based on their ability to drink well young as well age for decades.

Review

"The 2018 Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande is a monster of a wine with an almost Château Latour-like stature and structure, offering deep, backward, slightly reductive notes of blackcurrants, crushed stone, scorched earth, lead pencil shavings, and tobacco leaf. Based largely on Cabernet Sauvignon mixed with 23% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, it's full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful on the palate, with masses of tannins, beautiful mid-palate density, and a great finish. As I've commented previously, the up-front, sexy style of the past (due to the larger Merlot content, I believe) has been replaced by a more regal, at times austere profile." - 98+pts, Jeb Dunnuck