Winery - Pichon Lalande
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* Expert NoteAugust 11, 2010
I was both pleased and disappointed in this bottle, as I remain skeptical of this vintage which continues to show contradictory results; the wine opened with a good set of aromas, elemental but elegant, with a quite earthen and sweet character, conjuring images of mocha, truffles, black fruits, touched with moss and hints of vinyl, all of which was great, but the disappointment came with more time in the glass as the aromas turned medicinal with strong cough syrup tendencies; great flavors in the mouth initially with sweet and very ripe fruit; the Merlot is really in evidence here; balanced acidity; spicy and peppery; at the same time, soft fruit with a nice silky character; the finish was thus weaker than the initial optimism that I experienced with this wine. Served again at the Commanderie’s Le Bernardin dinner, with fairly similar notes.
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* Expert NoteAugust 11, 2010
The lightest of the three wines served as the trilogy, but quite good; initial nose has strong elements of red fruits, hints of apples, red plums, strawberries, earthen and elements of dryness in the nose, but at the same time soft and seductive with a definite feminine character; sweet fruit in the mouth, but unlike the ’89 and ’90 there is not an emphasis on black fruits here; rather the underlying flavors have a more red cherry and citrus character, with the black fruits more repressed; light acidity; many of the ladies present preferred this wine to all of the others; smooth and silky with a long, nicely defined finish.
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* Expert NoteAugust 11, 2010
Of the trilogy, this was in my view the best; wonderful nose, tightly focused and loaded with ripe fruit, chocolate, cacao, smoke, earth and spice notes, touch floral, fairly intense for this property; smooth and elegant in the mouth; layers of black fruits, there is cassis and blackberries, plums, cherries; wood and earth tones underlie the wine’s fruit structure; clearly defined in the mouth and perfectly balanced with acidity and softened tannins; long, smooth, sweetly citric finish. Served again at Dick Chang’s Bacchus celebration with consistent notes.
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* Expert NoteAugust 11, 2010
One of the trilogy of wines served at the dinner, this was the least impressive; very good nose, loaded with chocolate and sweet fruit on first impression, touch floral, spicy but also a bit thick and unrefined; sweet in the mouth, but lacking energy; there is soft fruit and elements of chocolate and charred wood, earth, but the edges are confused and illegible; in short, there is nothing wrong with the wine in the aggregate, but there is a lack of refinement and focus; the finish is also short, and for this property, definitely not its best effort.
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* Expert NoteAugust 9, 2010
Remains one of the most impressive wines of the vintage; opens with wonderful subtle and soft sweet fruit aromas that tip over into rose petals and ambrosia, there is a denser side as well with aromas of tobacco leaf, caramel, tar, spice, leather and very ripe red and black fruits, in other words, an incredible nose; sweet and smooth in the mouth with fabulous red fruit flavors; there is a subtle mixing of cranberries and crabapples with chocolate and layered sweet spices; never heavy, refreshing, smooth with an endless finish; remains one of the wines to beat in the vintage.
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