2004 Ch. Pichon Lalande
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:55 pm
I took my wife out for her birthday last week and brought her favorite Chateau. This is not a full review because of the nature of restaurants but it will give you some useful information.
From my experience it has some years to go before maturity. The Som offered to decant but I refused. Decanting will help in the near term.
This is a well built wine. Medium acid. Medium minus for fruit upon opening. After an hour it blossomed to a medium plus. Nicely balanced. The tannins were somewhat course and rustic for the first hour. Towards the end of the bottle the wine came together into a supremely balanced state. This seems to be a Cab dominated Lalande.
The wine I drank had a number of years to go before maturity, at least five I found no tertiary components. On the Palate, dark fruit, earth, and cedar. I have cellared this wine since 2007 so your experience may differ depending on sourcing.
A good wine that will get better. A 92 rating with some room for improvement.
Bill
From my experience it has some years to go before maturity. The Som offered to decant but I refused. Decanting will help in the near term.
This is a well built wine. Medium acid. Medium minus for fruit upon opening. After an hour it blossomed to a medium plus. Nicely balanced. The tannins were somewhat course and rustic for the first hour. Towards the end of the bottle the wine came together into a supremely balanced state. This seems to be a Cab dominated Lalande.
The wine I drank had a number of years to go before maturity, at least five I found no tertiary components. On the Palate, dark fruit, earth, and cedar. I have cellared this wine since 2007 so your experience may differ depending on sourcing.
A good wine that will get better. A 92 rating with some room for improvement.
Bill