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Goedhuis, May 2023, Score: 93-95
The Pichon DNA sits very comfortably within this fine second wine. A harmonious blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot,10% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Floral aromas of Provençal fields, blueberry and blackcurrant. The soft immediate tannins are given an extra dimension by lifting crunchy freshness, with a very flattering generosity on the finish.
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Neal Martin, April 2023, Score: 91-93
The 2022 Réserve de la Comtesse represents half the total production from the vineyard due to a stricter selection of the Merlot. It has a perfumed, floral bouquet with blueberry, violet and light cassis scents. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins. Very sensual with touches of graphite and espresso toward the harmonious finish. You could almost drink this now! Drink 2025-2040
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Antonio Galloni, January 2025, Score: 97+
The 2022 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a wine of somber intensity, one that will require years to be at its best. Dark fruit, leather, incense, licorice, plum and mocha slowly open in the glass. Pichon Comtesse is often more demonstrative at this stage, but the 2022 is decidedly reticent. I expect it will be slow to reveal all of its character. I tasted the 2022 three times and found it consistently closed.
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Antonio Galloni, April 2023, Score: 91-93
The 2022 Réserve de la Comtesse is fabulous. Vibrant and impeccable in its balance, the 2022 is so impressive, mostly because of its balance. In some recent years the Réserve has been quite potent, but the 2022 leans more into the realm of sophistication, and polish. Hints of dark-fleshed fruit, licorice, lavender and spice linger. Don't miss it. Tasted four times. Drink 2028-2040.
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Wine Advocate, March 2025, Score: 93
Readers shouldn't overlook the 2022 Resèrve de la Comtesse, a lovely wine that's one of the most accomplished second wines of Bordeaux. Offering up aromas of sweet minty berries, burning embers, pencil shavings and violets, it's medium to full-bodied, lavish and aromatic, with an almost exotic core of fruit, powdery tannins and a penetrating finish.
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Wine Advocate, April 2023, Score: 91-93
Like a number of second wines from the best classified growths, the 2022 Resèrve de la Comtesse shares much of the personality of the grand vin this year, delivering aromas of blackberries, violets and exotic spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy palate with a rich core of fruit framed by powdery tannins.
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James Suckling, April 2023, Score: 95-96
The density of fruit is serious with blackcurrants, black berries, crushed stone and coffee beans. Yet it’s not heavy and overdone. The palate is full and rich, but also agile and weightless, with tannins that are spread and pretty.
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Matthew Jukes, April 2023, Score: 17.5
This is a rather rare wine with a significant dollop of Petit Verdot in its core, making it a delicious and rather daring Réserve with lashings of spice, dark fruit and even hints of fig, tobacco and coffee. This is a superbly glossy wine that is so easy to taste and evaluate, and it will amaze lovers of this estate with its modernist, rebellious stance!
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Jeb Dunnuck, April 2023, Score: 92-94
The second wine of Comtesse de Lalande, the 2022 Pichon Comtesse Réserve is based on 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc. Ripe black and blue fruits as well as some chocolaty, tobacco nuances define the aromatics, and it's a rich, full-bodied, velvety textured second wine that's going to drink brilliantly right out of the gate. This is well worth seeking out. Tasted twice.
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Jane Anson, April 2023, Score: 93
Fully ripe fruits, smoky and creamy character with charred raspberry and cassis, violet-edged, pencil lead, bitter chocolate, cocoa dust. An impressive wine, tannins close in a little tightly on the finish, with dried rosemary and black pepper spicy translating the heat of the vintage. 31hl/h yield, 3.65ph.
