Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande • Pauillac, France
Réserve de la Comtesse is the long-established second wine of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in Pauillac…Réserve de la Comtesse is the long-established second wine of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in Pauillac, created in 1973 and sourced from the same gravel-and-clay terroirs (including parcels on neighboring Saint-Julien soil…Learn More »
$52
/750ml
2022 Retail Average
93
/100
2022 Pro Rating
Ripe blackcurrant and dark plum flow through Réserve de la Comtesse 2022, layered with hints of cocoa, graphite and warm spice, all carried by sleek but firm, building tannins. The palate feels concentrated and focused rather than lush, with a cool, stony edge that balances the richness and points to real class for a second wine. Give it time and those currently chewy tannins should frame a deeply satisfying, modern-classic Pauillac profile.
Roast lamb with garlic and rosemary, Dry-aged ribeye steak, Duck breast with blackberry sauce
Réserve de la Comtesse is the long-established second wine of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in Pauillac, created in 1973 and sourced from the same gravel-and-clay terroirs (including parcels on neighboring Saint-Julien soils) as the grand vin. Cabernet Sauvignon- and Merlot-led, with smaller portions of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot depending on vintage, it is known for a supple, velvety texture, classic Pauillac cassis-and-cedar character, and a more approachable, earlier-drinking expression of Pichon Lalande’s famously eleg…