Château Pichon Lalande, 2025
Château Pichon Lalande, 2025
- 75cl
- 13%
- Red Still
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
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Pichon Lalande remains one of Pauillac's most seductive châteaux, crafting wines that marry Left Bank structure with an almost Right Bank silkiness.
What the critics say:
"Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, violet reflections, delicate edge brightening. Delicate spicy notes, dark cherries, ripe blackberry confit, some nougat, fine precious wood spice. Juicy, complex, fine extract sweetness, ripe tannins, shows great charm, freshly structured, heart cherries, lingers for a long time, sure maturity potential, very seductive style."
"The 2025 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a total stunner. A wine of depth and intensity, it soars out of the glass with layers of nuance and complexity. The 2025 has it all: aromatics, fruit density and structure to match. Pichon Comtesse is shaping up to be one of the wines of the vintage. "
"What a stunning Pichon Comtesse. A salty element on the nose, fragrant blackcurrant. Ripe and softly fleshy, this fills the mouth straight away with the most gorgeous juicy, rich and also cool tannins that are so comforting. Accomplished winemaking where every element adds to the overall impression. Long, muscular but sinewy too. Just a simply gorgeous wine. Almost lightly framed, saline-edged tannins, a grip to the liquorice, cola, mint and crushed stones. Pauillac through and through but with energy, focus and clear detail. Ageing will surely elongate the expression and give depth. A yield of 24hl/ha."
The 89-hectare vineyard sits on classic Pauillac terroir: deep Günzian gravel beds over clay and limestone subsoils. These well-draining gravels reflect heat during the day and store it for cool nights, perfect for ripening Cabernet Sauvignon slowly. The proximity to the Gironde estuary moderates temperature extremes, while the varying soil depths across different parcels allow for precise grape variety selection. This terroir naturally lends itself to the estate's signature blend of power and finesse.
Pauillac is the most powerful of the Médoc's four great communes, home to three of Bordeaux's five First Growths. The appellation covers 1,200 hectares of prime Left Bank real estate, where Cabernet Sauvignon reigns supreme on deep gravel soils. Pauillac wines are known for their structure, cassis character, and extraordinary ageing potential. While neighbours Saint-Estèphe tends towards austerity and Saint-Julien towards harmony, Pauillac delivers pure power tempered by breeding.
The 2025 Bordeaux vintage emerged from one of the most demanding growing seasons in recent memory — the earliest budbreak since 1989, June temperatures second only to 2003 since records began, and an unusually early harvest beginning in August for the whites. Conditions that should have produced heavy, overripe wines. They didn't. Decanter's Georgie Hindle, who tasted close to 200 wines ahead of the formal campaign, describes "exceptional concentration, aromatic purity and a freshness that contradicts the record-breaking heat.
The early critical consensus places 2025 stylistically between the precision of 2020 and the structure of 2016, with the brightness of 2023 — a combination that suggests a very serious vintage indeed. Yields are dramatically low, the smallest crop since 1991, with production across the Gironde running around 15% below the five-year average. The quality is here. There simply isn't very much of it.
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Château Pichon-Longueville de Comtesse de Lalande
