Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac 2008 750ml

94 Wine Enthusiast
Wine Enthusiast: "Stylish wine, balanced, intensely elegant." Wine Enthusiast found black currant fruit and chocolate flavors integrating beautifully, with freshness on one side and real weight on the other. It all sits inside a poised, well-balanced structure, so this is a Pauillac built on elegance and harmony rather than sheer power.

92 Vinous
Vinous: "This is more enjoyable than cerebral." Tasted ten years on, Neal Martin found a bouquet more open and forward than expected, with sappy red berry fruit, cedar and sea salt on a medium-bodied palate. The Merlot adds harmony and flesh to the finish, so it is ready to enjoy now.

92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Wine Advocate: "The 2008 is a beauty in the style of the 1988." Robert Parker found red and black currants, charcoal, herbs, underbrush and a hint of truffle in a dense, plum-colored wine. It is medium-bodied, elegant and supple, and he gave it 15 to 20 years of cellaring from his May 2011 review.

91 Wine Spectator
Wine Spectator: "The long finish really stretches out with mineral and tobacco notes." Wine Spectator found it builds slowly, as mesquite and roasted plum aromas give way to tobacco, hot stone, cassis, chestnut and graphite. The structure unfolds gradually, so give it time in the glass to open up.