A few general observations: 1) Most wines showed the typical Pichon Lalande elegance. Overall ok and this bottle was clearly better than a bottle back a few months ago (rated 90 pts) which showed more astringent.ĭo you find this review helpful? Yes - NoĢ4 Vintages of Pichon Lalande: All wines tasted blind. Quite simple but also quite fun to drink and with fine tannins and a well-integrated acidity as well as an airy structure. Especially intense on the attack, the wine thins out towards the mid palate and has a rather short finish. The contrary on the palate which is dominated by an intense, candied strawberry fruit core. TN: Very mineral-driven nose, missing a bit of fruit and overall not expressive enough. 7) Good vintage for Sauternes it seems (we tasted only two) with a surprising Giraud (96 pts) beating a too sweet Yquem (93). 6) Unfortunately (due to price), the best reds were Le Pin (97+ pts), Margaux (96), Petrus (96) and Mouton (95). Although not yet with tertiary complexity, the structure has softened and the wines are open (even without extended decanting). 5) Most wines are in a good drinking window. Both 2009/2010 (and 2015/2018) have several wines with these problem. 4) Virtually no wine showed a) over extracted and already dying and b) with far too much ripeness. 3) Left bank (average 91.8 pts) clearly trumps right bank (90.6) thanks to more mid palate substance. Most wines showed well-made (with only 6 out of 30 reds rated below 90 pts). 2) I expected more green/unripe notes and drying tannins but that is not the case (hence the solid 91.3 average). My average score for the reds was 91.3 pts vs group scores at more recent horizontals for 2010 (93.0), 2000 (92.7) and 2009 (93.9). A few observations: 1) As expected, it's a mediocre vintage with many wines lacking depth and mid palate weight of great vintages. Bordeaux 2011 - 10 Years On - 30 Reds: All tasted blind, not decanted.
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