Five bottles Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
2001 vintage
Pauillac, Bordeaux/France
Original filling quantity: 0.75 l
Fill level: into neck
Robert Parker (2004): 93/100
Wine Spectator (2004): 92/100

This lot comprises five bottles of 2001 vintage Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, also known Pichon-Lalande from the Pauillac appellation in Bordeaux.

The appellation Pauillac produces some of the world’s most highly-prized and expensive red wines. Situated to the northwest of the city of Bordeaux, near the Atlantic coast, its vineyards are located on dried-out swamplands. Vines take root in gravel dunes with subterranean clay lens. Here, Cabernet Sauvignon can develop a unique depth of taste and power, so the grape variety therefore makes up a large percentage of the Pauillac cuvées. The tannin-rich, powerful, concentrated wines require longer bottle-ageing in order to differentiate and reveal their taste. The Classification of 1855 put the vineyards of the Lafite-Rothschild and Latour estates ahead of the pack, awarding them Premier cru status. Mouton-Rothschild has also belonged to the club since 1973. In second place are the Deuxième crus of Pichon-Longueville-Baron and Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse de Lalande. For decades, however, experts have judged them as being at least on a par with their Premier cru counterparts. This is also the case for numerous other top wines from this appellation.

The 2001 vintage Pichon-Lalande was rated 93 points by Robert Parker in 2004. The wine was rated 92 points by Wine Spectator in the same year.

The fill levels are excellent (into neck). The labels are slightly soiled; the capsules are in perfect condition.

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