CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985
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1985

CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE 1985

Wine 1985 2ème Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pauillac
90-94 / 100 Rated by 9 experts

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96 / 100
Wine Spectator November - 1997
Wine Spectator
Still incredibly youthful. Exhibits fabulous aromas of fresh fruit, minerals and chocolate with a hint of spice. Full-bodied and concentrated, with loads of fruit and tannins. Better after 2000.
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94 / 100
Jeannie Cho Lee April - 2012
Jeannie Cho Lee
Fairly deep garnet. A gorgeous aroma that is surprising given that 1985 was not a fantastic year. But after 27 years in the bottle, this wine, direct from the chateau's cellar, is glorious. There is an herbal, dried tea leaf element in this wine that may have been disturbing in its youth but now the wine at its peak is singing and expressive with layers of flavours. I suspect other less pristine bottles will show more evolution.
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93 / 100
Cellar Tracker June - 2024
Cellar Tracker
This was decidedly younger on this occasion, showing a deeper color, some grip, and that recognizable Pichon Lalande "iron fist in the velvet glove" character. Opened ahead to check but not decanted, this was still getting stronger when we finished it at the 2-1/2 hour mark.
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92 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2005
Tom Cannavan
Much deeper with a crimson core. There's a mintiness here, with some cedary character, and solid, if rather restrained black fruit. The palate still has plenty of ripeness and sweetness, and this is really quite refined, with blackberry and cherry fruit notes, a fine coffeeish warmth, and a vegetal streak adding a chewy, sappy note. Very good length here, in a wine that seems to miss a beat, but is very classy.
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91 / 100
Falstaff January - 2010
Falstaff
Medium ruby ??garnet, wider ochre rim. Delicately animalistic on the nose, fine nougat, pleasant blackberry touch, exotic spice, attractive and seductive. Juicy on the palate, freshly structured, very elegant, fine texture, mineral aftertaste, delicate sour cherry note, lemony nuances, drinkable, red berry finish.
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90 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider July - 2022
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Fully mature, if you own a bottle, or more, do not wait to pop a cork before the fruit continues to fade. There is still plenty to like in this medium-bodied, earthy, herbal, tobacco, smoke, and leafy focused wine, with its soft textures and earthy, red currant core of fruit. But it does require drinking sooner than later. Drink from 2022-2026.
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88 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate March - 2016
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Tasted at the property, the 1985 Pichon Lalande is fully matured on the feral, tertiary nose, and like the bottle I tasted a couple of years ago, this has recently become much more diffuse than exemplary showing during the 1990s and 2000s. The palate is fleshy and smooth like many wines of this vintage, but in recent years, the tannins have become and little edgier, the fruit degraded and turning quite mushroom-like and earthy on the finish. I would broach bottles of this over the next five years, because I feel that it is drying out. Tasted March 2016.
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5 / 5
Michael Broadbent October - 2000
Michael Broadbent
A distinctive, scented, elegant, soft, ripe, earthly nose, explosively lovely after 30 minutes in the glass.
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17 / 20
Jancis Robinson July - 2015
Jancis Robinson
It's a nice wine that would probably shine in isolation but seemed a little tart and green on the nose (like so many 1985s now) – even though the texture was superb. If you have a case, start to drink it!
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Vintage Wine  1985
Classification Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pauillac
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande

Harmony and the variety of grapes of Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is unique in the Pauillac appellation. It is undoubtedly the proportion of grapes that gives a guarantee of longevity and an exceptionally elegant personality exempt of harshness. The 45% Cabernet Sauvignon determines the structure and gives it its longevity. The recent tasting of older vintages such as 1875, 1893, 1900 have shown, by their astonishing youth, the possibility of aging the wines of Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. 35% Merlot: a surprising percentage, unusual in an appellation that emphasizes Cabernet Sauvignon. "My uncle Louis loved this grape," says May Eliane de Lencquesaing, "it brings the color, roundness and suppleness, hallmarks of the wines of this area". The 12% Cabernet Franc gives a balanced wine with a fruity bouquet, firm and clear in his youth, which integrates very well during aging.  The 8% Petit Verdot provides freshness and aromatic complexity and spiciness. In the years with bright sunlight as in 1982, 1986, 1989 and 1990, when the maturity of the grapes was excellent, its contribution is remarkable.The Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande remains faithful to the tradition of hand picking. Each year, more than 100 people - often the same families of Andalusia - pick grapes in the field, depending on the age and the maturity of the plots. Merlot, a precocious variety, starts the harvest, the Cabernet and Petit Verdot, late varieties, close the harvest. They sort rigourously in the vineyard and at the arrival on the receiving hopper. 

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