Pichon Lalande Half 2020

Château Pichon Lalande 2020 is a Left Bank Bordeaux and the grand vin of the Pauillac `Super Second` Château Pichon Longueville-Lalande. The highly sought-after wines of Pichon-Longueville Lalande are notable for their high proportion of Merlot, which tends to make for softer, rounder, plusher wines than those made by their Pauillac counterparts. "The 2020 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is very demonstrative out of the gates, bursting from the glass without any coaxing to exhibit aromas of sweet cassis and blueberries mingled with notions of clove, violets and lilac. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and polished, with a seamless, charming profile that exhibits no hard edges, it concludes with a nicely defined, spice-inflected finish. It`s a superb exercise in haut couture winemaking, even if, to my palate, the 2019 offers a deeper dive into the estate`s DNA." Wine Advocate, 2023