Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Reserve de la Comtesse (Futures Pre-Sale) 2021

Professional Ratings

• 94 Vinous
  The 2021 Réserve de la Comtesse is a seriously great wine in its peer group. Or any peer group. Rich and layered, with no hard edges and compelling balance, the 2021 opens beautifully in the glass. Savory accents run through a core of black cherry and plum fruit, with hints of gravel, spice and leather that develop later. This year's blend includes 14% reserve wine, but that is not especially evident. I don't think I have ever tasted a more refined Réserve de la Comtesse. Superb. –Antonio Galloni
  Barrel Sample: 92-94
• 92 Jeb Dunnuck
  The 2021 Pichon Comtesse Reserve should be outstanding, and for a second wine certainly offers terrific quality. A blend of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot that will spend 12 months in 40% new French oak, it has solid dark fruits (currants, darker cherries), notes of ripe tobacco and subtle cedar, medium body, a balanced, elegant mouthfeel, and outstanding length.
  Barrel Sample: 90-92
• 92 James Suckling

  Very beautiful wine with blackcurrants, blueberries, ink and iodine. Medium body, fresh center-palate and a firm, fresh finish. Barrel Sample: 91-92

• 91 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Wafting from the glass with notes of blackberries, minty cassis, petals and pencil shavings, the 2021 Resèrve de la Comtesse is medium to full-bodied, ample and polished, with a fleshy core of fruit, beautifully refined tannins and a seamless, succulent profile. This beautifully balanced wine will drink well on release. It's one of the most successful second wines produced this year.
• 90 Decanter
  Perfumed blackcurrants on the nose and palate - juicy and succulent, the tannins are mouth filling and have a cool blue fruit flavor, almost blueberry and plum, fresh with a softly fleshy texture. Lovely depth on the mid-palate, it doesn't let up - going from start to finish with gusto. You also get licorice, clove tones - dark spiced aspects but they’re integrated and don't cause angles just nuances in terms of flavor. You've definitely got the Pauillac power and concentration but also an energy that is so captivating. A confident second wine that has direction.
  Barrel Sample: 90