Pichon Comtesse Reserve, Pauillac

Probably a year or two too late to the party TBH. Deep ruby red/mahogany colour. Aromas of blackcurrant, pencil shavings, vanilla, a hint of game / meat and a green not (as picked out by others) like crushed raspberry and redcurrant leaves. The blackcurrant and damson plum fruit is fading, but still just about clinging on. Refreshing acidity and soft tannins. But, there's just a bit too much of those crushed currant leaves interfering.

2009 vintage

Final bottle from a half case purchased en primeur in 2010. Pristine condition, perfect level and cork. Decanted for two hours. Solid, sombre colour; light nose, a whiff of red berry fruit, some spicy oak and a hint of earth, a sense of dryness; the palate displays a lovely creamy, silky elegance, it's soft and supple, with resolved tannins, but the whiff of vanilla feels like make-up; the finish is green and lacks flavour. I gave my final bottle another …

2009 vintage

Intensiver Cassisduft, Schwarzkirschen, dazu viel Floralität, auch Waldbeerjoghurt; cremiger Auftakt, feinste Tannine, satte Frucht, druckvoll, dabei schwerelos über die Zunge gleitend; im Abgang langanhaltend, frisch. Eine elegante Réserve de Comtesse, die ab sofort Spass macht und doch reifen wird. Trinken von 2026 bis 2044 93 vvPunkte

2023 vintage

Balance and good aroma, very good time to drink now

2009 vintage

Pale at the edges. Insignificant nose. Well made though flat flavours. After 2 hours sharp tannins emerging. Fine initially but lacks charm. Will not last. Do others find the lesser 09’s disappointing?

2009 vintage

Dobrá ale žádný zázrak. Poslední lahev . Adios.

2009 vintage

I thought this was drinking really well. Opened up and full of dark fruit excellent wine

2009 vintage

Rather simple wine, not much going on here, lacks a bit of everything, no future here ..

1995 vintage

Appearance: deep ruby. Light brick rim Nose: dark fruit, cassis, blackberries, leather Palate: dry, medium tannin, medium+ acidity, full body, 13% alcohol, medium+ finish Conclusions: 1hr decant + aerated. Nose is a bouquet of dark fruit, plums, little oak, leather. Integrated tannin, pleasant acidity. Another hour in and it really opened up. Notorious 2nd wine at a decent QPR. Very good 90-91

2009 vintage

This has really improved over the past year, and I believe it still has 2-4 years of bottle life remaining. There was virtually no sediment on the bottle and only very fine sediment in the last couple pours. The fruit has really emerged balanced by the cedar and leather not. Wonderful balance, complexity and med-long finish.

2009 vintage

Chocolate, flowers, cherries, mint, and cigar wrapper opens the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is even better with its silky, fresh, soft, expression of Cabernet. The wine finishes with a touch of salt, which only makes you want to take another sip. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV. Drink from 2025-2040. 92-94 Pts.

2023 vintage

91-93 Punkte. Cassis, Schwarzkirsche und florale Töne im Duft, straff am Gaumen, zupackend, mit Energie und viel knackiger Frucht, langanhaltend, frisch. (En Primeur Tasting April 2024, 13 Alkohol)

2023 vintage

savoury nose, just a touch of herbal greenness. dusty, med+ quite fine grained tannins. earthy, good intensity. but the acidity somehow still sticks out at the finish.

2023 vintage

Dark purple red in the glass. Beautiful fragrant cassis and dark berry nose. Beautifully balanced fruit, acidity and mellowed tannins. Lengthy soft finish. Yum!

2009 vintage

Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (R&D’s) : Double blind. Deep color with a bouquet that shows Bordeaux from the start. Iron, black fruit, tobacco and dried herbs with forest floor undertones. Full-bodied with fine tannins and flavors of black fruit, cigar tobacco and mineral. Graphite and cedar elements emerge with air. Lovely. (R&D)

2009 vintage

Wine was cellared at 12 degrees since release and is still youthful .Decanted. Nose of blackberries and mint with a hint of pencil lead. Towards the end of the meal more black fruits with a hint of burnt caramel. Chewy good balance with a long finish. Should be drinking well over the next five years (for well cellared bottles)

2009 vintage

Not the best paulliac but still pleasant

2009 vintage

Red/black. Lovely complex aroma of plums, pencil lead, tobacco, gingerbread, pine and nutmeg. A little smokey. Lovely flavours of oak, apple, vanilla, blackcurrant, cinnamon, clove and ginger. Very fine. Slightly hot alcohol just now. Should improve.

2009 vintage

Bordeaux 2023-05-22 (Left Bank) : x

2009 vintage

Last of six (6). Displays dense core of black fruits, plum, currant, blackberry along with notes of dark chocolate, coffee, and pencil shavings. Definitely has turned the corner though with tertiary notes poking out. Drink now!

2009 vintage

Soft, gentleness, feminine, sweet, delicate, charming! Lots of substance, and lots to offer! At its peak in my view! Beautiful nose of sweet nutty black fruits with a hint of spicy minerals, drinking perfectly well! Very well made!

2001 vintage

Just lovely. On opening, surprisingly strong - blackcurrant fruit to the fore. Then decanted thru Rabbit 2 hours prior to drinking. Complete, complex and most enjoyable. Just slightly thin/vegetable. No need to wait. Perhaps PnP next time?

2009 vintage

Open the bottle 1 hour in advance.

2009 vintage

This is a great second wine. It’s just about to round the bend from secondary to tertiary. This still has a nice freshness and lift, but the complexity is clearly second wine level and not grand cru. Lovely for a weeknight dinner.

2009 vintage

Pretty funky right out of the gate but it blew off nicely in about 30 mins after opening. No decant. Melow nose of leather, grilled green pepper, cigar box, mineral/graphite. Mouth of mild tart red cherry, spice, woodsy notes, medium dry finish with nice tannic balance. Overall a really nice wine. Happy we have 2.

1995 vintage

Blackcurrant, oak, leather, tobacco, chocolate

2009 vintage

Pop & Pour … balanced. Love it, but easy drinking.

2009 vintage

Earthy and full. Some fruit, but more forest floor and mushrooms. Some currants and cinnamon, nutmeg and a hint of chocolate. This was a bit light, but a nice showing.

2009 vintage

An eclectic lineup including a 2002 Valbuena, 2013 Kosta Browne Gap's Crown Pinot, 2016 SamiOdi Hoffman Dallwitz Shiraz, and 2009 LeMacchiole Paleo. Really quite an amazing and unique nose immediately from cork pop. Baked cinnamon apples, youthful black fruit, tar and saddle leather all here. Finishes with a fair amount of black pepper and youthful qualities. Nothing savory about this one, which is probably the reason why I enjoyed it! I really don't know what I was expecting with this …

2009 vintage

From a magnum. One-hour decant through a screened and aerating funnel. Some sediment left on the screen, but more left on the shoulder of the bottle. Mature Bordeaux nose of saddle leather, leaves, and muted black fruits during decant. After resting, wine was clear; garnet bowl lightening towards amber on the rim with a small halo. Nose of leather, tobacco, cedar and red fruits. Tannins all smoothed out but acid remained. Wonderful balance; very smooth in the mouth. Medium-long finish …

1995 vintage

Treasurer's Dinner at ICC, Party Conference, Birmingham. ?Back decanted. In my view perfectly ready. A melange of à point dark berries and red fruits suffused with pencil shavings brought into better focus by a (?bell pepper) acidity. Medium bodied. Excellent (just). Now till 2024.

2009 vintage

A rich crimson red color. Some signs of age. Nose of black and red cassis, blackberry, and flowers (quite floral really). On the palate, similar dark red and black fruit flavors with a velvety texture and with ripe but still quite present tannins with a core of acidity that gives the wine nice lift and balance. Medium bodied and with good length Drinking very well right now. Think this will hold, but is in a great place and not sure …

2009 vintage

Temmelig skuffende ift. prisen.

2009 vintage

Never disappoints. Smooth and silky. Paired well with spicy goat in yogurt cucumber sauce.

1983 vintage

Still excellent. Brings back wonderful memories.

1995 vintage

My wife and I were married as these grapes were coming out of the field. Our marriage continues to last like the fine wine made from those grapes.

1995 vintage

Soft, elegant and refined. Lovely length. Mineral. Some years since I opened a bottle,of this- seems the same from memory. Quality wine with X factor.

2001 vintage

On opening I found a nose of straw mushrooms and soy. Later stewed prunes and slightly cloudy blackberry. The greenness of the vintage then started to come through with green peppers. Some muted fruit and softened tannins fought with a little mustiness. After two hours or so, redcurrants. This is a very good ribena. An interesting experience amongst a selection of old bottles I recently picked up in auction. Few distinguishing features of Pauillac remain but this is still pleasant. …

1993 vintage

Garnet core with lighter rim; leather, cigar, obviously Cab based, complex, earth; a bit shorter in length but great complexity at this stage in its development, right at peak; delicious.

1995 vintage

Classic Pauillac, opened very nice after 2 hours of decanting - drink now as no change from the last tasting and do not see much room for improvement.

2001 vintage

Still delicious. Extend the community drink by date to 2020

2001 vintage

It's been more than ten years since I last tasted it, time does fly very quickly! Dark red in colour, nose of mineral brambly fruits, a little thin on the palate but you can tell this is a high-quality grape in it, hate to say it after all these years of ageing, tannic and young! Quite a remarkable stuff! Still many years of life ahead!

2001 vintage

Sehr schön! Ganz rund und seidig. Das Tannin ist komplett abgeschmolzen. jetzt kann es eigentlich nur noch bergab gehen! Bald austrinken!!! Lecker!!

2001 vintage

Lovely, minty aroma with black currant, charred oak and spice. Medium bodied and still lightly tannic with fresh acidity. Holding in there, and not oxidized, but this has lost the vigor of youth. Palate echoes the nose. Still delicious! 89 df 9.0

2001 vintage

This has always been a favorite bottle for me, from several different vintages. What a value this was back in the day. Always reminds me of breaking an antique chair around May Elaine Lencquesaing's dining table over a memorable lunch after tasting at the chateau. The 2001 is still holding nicely at full maturity. Loads of roasted black currant, grilled meat and charred new oak. Medium-full bodied and very savory. This is delicious and fresh with excellent palate presence. Lencquesaing …

2001 vintage

Very unctuous, rich, showing obvious ripe soft merlot, camphor/clove, long harmonious and seductive palate.

2001 vintage

Bordeaux ordinaire sans éclat ni âu nez ni en bouche.

2001 vintage

Impressive and hitting a nice stride right now. Classical Bordeaux in style with layers of black fruit, black tea, leather, and some green aspects. Medium bodied with a decent amount of richness in the mid palate to finish. Fine and silky tannins. Better than expected, a very nice bottle showing some early mature characteristics. I would drink this now or over the next few years. Really digging 2001 Bordeaux wines at this part of the evolution.

2001 vintage

A fairly deep colour; slightly reserved at first on the palate, but it opened out to give a medium weight, well-structured wine with attractive blackcurrant fruit and a slightly grainy texture. Now drinking well but should keep for a while.

2001 vintage

Last bottle from case - still an absolute treat. Dark fruits, resolved tannins, everything where it should be.

2001 vintage

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