The quality and elegance of the wines have been the maxim of. (I followed this wine for multiple days.) I suspect a solid decade of cellaring is warranted. Founded in 1689, Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has quite a spectacular history. While this cuvée has included a fair chunk of Merlot in the past that gave it more upfront appeal, it's important for readers to know it's much more Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated today, and while it is slightly more approachable than some of its neighbors, it shuts down rather quickly with time in the glass. The 2016 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is blended of 75 Cabernet Sauvignon, 21 Merlot and 4 Cabernet Franc aged for 18 months in 60 new oak. Possessing a deep, full-bodied, singular character, the purity of fruit that's the hallmark of the vintage, building tannins, and a sense of class and elegance that's hard to describe, it's a 50-year-wine. The 2016 is a vivid, dramatically sweeping wine that will leave readers week at the knees. Towering and spectacularly rich in the glass, the 2016 captures every ounce of potential is showed from barrel. A blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc brought up in 60% new oak, it's not the most powerful Left Bank but offers perfect balance and thrilling intensity as well as heavenly aromatics of crème de cassis, leafy herbs, jammy blackberries, tobacco leaf, and freshly sharpened lead pencils as well as more violets and minerality with time in the glass. 100 Points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous: 'The 2016 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is every bit as regal as it has always been. Coming from the genius winemaking talent of Nicolas Glumineau, the 2016 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande matches the 1982 and is a perfect, legendary wine in the making.
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