Home | About Us | Privacy Policy | FAQ | Terms and Conditions | Contact Us |Ĭopyright 2022 All Rights Reserved. Website Designed by : Netwide Design, Corp. This is a rich, opulent, stunning Pichon Lalande that is beginning to drink beautifully, yet should continue to improve for at least another 10-15 years and last 30 or more years." - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #189 (Jun 28, 2010) The Petit Verdot certainly gives the wine more of a tapenade, floral note, which I think can be interpreted by some as herbal. Dense purple in color, with loads of coffee, mocha, creme de cassis, and chocolate notes, this is a somewhat unusual blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and a whooping 10% Petit Verdot, with a little bit of Cabernet Franc. In short, I find this to be a spectacular Pichon Lalande. I do think there is a hint of bay leaf and a meatiness to it. Jeremy Howard is a former investment banker who has been building ecommerce businesses in fine wine since 2008.Qty=4Size=750 ml, RP"Sitting next to my former colleague, Pierre Antoine Rovani, at one of the tastings, he commented that he didn't like the striking green note in the aromatics of this wine, which I didn't detect at all, and a subsequent bottle at another tasting did not reveal it either. Mr Simon Farr: a hugely respected 40 year wine industry veteran who was involved in the founding and growth of two of Britain's most successful wine enterprises (Majestic and Bibendum). The Baron was clearly a superior wine to me. Like stems and green olives as Mark mentioned. But our roots as a fine wine team go back to the early 1980s in the UK, and back to 2010 in Hong Kong. Pichon Lalande (2 Notes) 2000 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 93 Points France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac. We stock extensive collections of the world’s finest wines, including Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Margaux, Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Haut Brion, DRC and Penfolds.Ĭru was founded in 2014 by co-founders Simon Farr and Jeremy Howard. Pichon Lalande is often judged on its relationship to its namesake and opposite neighbour, Pichon Baron, and understandably so. We help customers around the world buy wine from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, Spain, the Loire and Rhone Valley and from the New World. We store a significant amount of wine for our clients and offer guidance on wine portfolio construction.Ĭru offers an internationally acclaimed selection of red wine, white wine and Champagne. Since 2007 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is owned by the Rouzaud family of Louis Roederer. We hold numerous events through which we showcase our wines and get to know our clients even better. We source only the world’s very best wines and spirits and sell to a limited number of discerning buyers. We are very focused on using technology to make the experience of fine wine buying more fun and convenient.Ĭru is a specialist retailer. We operate from four major hubs in London, Hong Kong, Bordeaux, Singapore, Beijing and San Francisco, from which we offer advice and impeccable service through both traditional and digital channels. We have experts working across the globe serving customers in over 40 different countries. The 2000 vintage has been heralded as one of the 4 greatest vintages of the past 100 years and it shows in the phenomenal Comtesse Lelande. This producer has a reputation for sheer, unrivalled elegance within the commune of Pauillac due to the slightly lower percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than is typical, with other varietals softening and smoothing the beautifully textured and exquisitely perfumed wines.Ĭru is one of the world’s leading fine wine retailers. In 2007 the estate was acquired by the owners of Louis Roederer Champagne, who have continued its traditions and, if anything, taken the property on to even greater heights. As well as investing heavily in the property, she was a tireless ambassador and presided over a significant increase in Pichon Lalande’s size, from 40ha when she took over to 89ha now. She presided over a steep ascent in the estate’s fortunes. Until 2007 the property was owned by descendent May-Eliane de Lencquesaing (from 1978). The estate – and its ‘brother’ Pichon Longueville Baron – was effectively created in 1850 when Baron Joseph de Pichon Longueville divided a larger property (comprising both estates) between his five children. About Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de LalandeĬhâteau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Pichon Lalande) is a 2éme Grand Cru Classé estate in Pauillac.
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