| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pauillac |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
This is the popular second wine of Chateau Pichon Lalande. There is always a high percentage of Merlot in the blend here which makes the wine soft and easy to drink when young.
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Some fresh-herb, cedar and berry aromas and flavors. Medium to full body, creamy tannins and a delicious finish. Shows tension and structure, though it’s a little green. Second wine of Château Pichon-Longueville Lalande. Best after 2022.
The 2017 Reserve de la Comtesse has a medium to deep garnet-purple color. It slips out with a quiet intensity offering scents of fragrant roses and tilled soil, leading to a cassis and Morello cherries core, plus a waft of graphite. Light to medium-bodied, the palate has great tension and freshness of fruit, featuring fine-grained tannins and a savory finish.
This is a wonderful second wine, and a real success in a vintage where second wines are often punching below their weight. It's rich, plump, floral-edged and above all extremely drinkable. It has a juicy frame and it delivers. A 2% pinch of Petit Verdot adds spice (and is added only after the press wine, the absolute final step to add depth, if needed). They used no secondary fruit at all. This should be good to go in five to six years. Tasted several times.
Drinking Window 2022 - 2034
Sweeter fruited than Pez, even lightly floral. Much better balance and more juicy on the palate. Lightish but all in proportion. Tannins are fine and they need to be with only moderate depth of fruit.
Drink 2023-2027
Fragrant and fresh the nose is light the start of the palate has minty blackcurrant. Ripe fruit in the middle the tannins are fine mid suppleness and sweetness and although lighter and fresher at the back it finishes with the richness of ripe fruit. Drink 2023-2032.
Very pure and very focussed, this is a bright and pencil-lead-mineral style of Comtesse with crisp tannins and a sleek feel. The fruit is calm and controlled and there is an overall feeling of confidence and balance. While the fruit is medium-weight there is some good intent and persistence, making this a very successful and accurate wine.
A beautiful second wine with blackberry and blackcurrant character and hints of green tea. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a fresh finish.
The 2017 Reserve de la Comtesse is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it strolls out of the glass with nonchalant notions of preserved red plums, black cherries, kirsch and black raspberries with wafts of wilted roses, cinnamon toast, fallen leaves and tilled soil. Medium-bodied, the palate is very pretty, with delicately played tannins and bags of freshness, finishing wonderfully fragrant.
Drink Date
2020 - 2033
Composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2017 Reserve de la Comtesse is very deep garnet-purple colored and opens with expressive cassis, dark chocolate, violets and Sichuan pepper notions with hints of black olives and hoisin. Medium-bodied, it's elegant, fresh and chewy in the mouth with a long, earthy finish.
