2009 Ch. Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac

The 2009 Pichon-Lalande is very pretty and fine with fresh red fruit notes on the palate and fine, almost difficult-to-detect tannins. This is gentle, smooth and silky, not as intense as some, but given time promises to seduce with its undeniable feminine charm.

Black red, wonderfully fragrant nose, rich and spicy and beautifully expressively textured fruit, plenty of extraction but pure harmony, vibrant and polished, seductive length and great future.
(Steven Spurrier - Decanter - April 2010)

Dark crimson and a little more complex-looking than the Réserve de la Comtesse. Heady and rich and spicy and lightly gamey. Very solid and dark and dense – almost brooding. Sweet, polished and fun. Just lacks a bit of bottom and density on the palate. Very flirtatious. Complete and savoury on the finish with very polished tannins. Appetising and not at all forced. But not the most ambitious 2009.
(Jancis Robinson MW - jancisrobinson.com - April 2010)

A beautiful effort, the 2009 Pichon Lalande, a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, possesses copious mocha, lead pencil, unsmoked, high class tobacco, black currant, forest floor and herbaceous characteristics.

It is a deep purple-hued, charming, surprisingly open-knit Pauillac with wonderful freshness, a plump, fleshy mouthfeel, opulence and unctuosity, medium to full body and a well-delineated, luscious style.

More elegant than its nearby neighbor, Pichon Longueville Baron, and not as massive in concentration and extract, it is one of the great Pichon Lalandes of the last twenty years.
(Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Feb 2012)

Wow. Ch. Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has an incredible complexity on the nose of currant, spice, mineral and flowers. Full-bodied, with a great density of fruit and tannins, yet polished and beautiful. This could be the new 1982 from here. Made from 75 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 20 percent Merlot and 5 percent Petit Verdot.
(James Suckling - Wine Spectator - March 2010)