Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (6 Bottes in OWC Futures Pre-Sale) 2020

Professional Ratings

• 100 Jeb Dunnuck
  An estate that has been on fire of late, the 2020 Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande is another brilliant wine in a succession of brilliant wines. Revealing a dense purple hue as well as full-bodied aromas and flavors of blac currants, scorched earth, tobacco leaf, and violets, it hits the palate with an expansive, rich, yet pure, precise texture that carries fabulous tannins, perfect balance, and a stacked mid-palate. Based on 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc, it's an incredible wine that's going to flirt with perfection and is unquestionably one of the finest, if not the finest, Left Banks in the vintage. Bravo. Tasted twice.
  Barrel Sample: 98-100
• 97 James Suckling

  This is extremely structured, but with a level of polish and refinement that highlights the excellence of the terroir. Very long and expansive on the palate, showing class and beauty. Powerful.

  Barrel Sample: 96-97

• 97 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Deep purple-black in color, the 2020 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande begins on a single, well-defined, wonderfully pure note of ripe blackcurrants, opening out to a melody of redcurrant jelly, kirsch, ripe blackberries and tar, with emerging suggestions of dark chocolate, cardamom, ground cloves and violets, with a waft of black truffles. Medium-bodied, tightly wound and with loads of fantastically nuanced black fruit layers, it has a rock-solid frame of finely grained tannins and bags of freshness, finishing long and mineral laced. The blend this year is 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc.
  Barrel Sample: 95-97
• 97 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: The 2020 Château Pichon Lalande delivers excellent richness from start to finish. This wine shines with aromas and flavors of blackcurrants, blackberries, and oaky notes. Pair it with coffee-rubbed grilled short ribs. (Tasted: January 27, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
• 96 Decanter
  Softer and silkier than many Pauillacs in the vintage, this is a clear success. Hugely silky and seductive, with grip, power and finesse. One of the best of the appellation, with finessed tobacco, heather and plump blueberry and cassis fruit, expertly managing the low 30hl/ha yield. 60% new oak. Tasted twice.
  Barrel Sample: 96