Château Pichon-Lalande 2025
Pauillac 2ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£597.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2035 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2060 |
| Grapes: 81% Cabernet Sauvignon; 15% Merlot; 4% Cabernet Sauvignon | |
Critic scores
94-96 RP, 95-97 NM, 96-98 AG, 97-98 JS, 97-99 JD, 95-97 LPB, 96 JA, 97 DC, 98-100 JL, 96-98 DB, 97 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is showing well, opening in the glass with notes of cassis, blackberries, cigar wrapper and iris, becoming more fragrant with aeration. Medium- to full-bodied, deep and layered, with plenty of powdery tannin that asserts itself on the youthfully structured finish, it's a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc."
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande was picked from August 28, the earliest ever, finishing on September 23, matured in 66% new oak, the rest one-year-old. It has a taut and linear nose, very classic in style, graphite/pencil lead scents that permeate the black fruit. Beautiful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins. A little more structured and austere than the more Merlot-driven vintages of old. Yet as it unfurls in the glass, it reveals the level of sophistication and precision you now come to expect from this Pauillac Second Growth. At 13.1% alcohol, this is lower than other recent vintages."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"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."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Pure cassis, leafy herbs, spring flowers, and graphite all emerge from the 2025 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande, a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, has a flawlessly balanced mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and an incredible finish. The balance, length, complexity, and pure class here are exceptional. It hit 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.7 and an IPT of 73. Hats off to director Nicolas Glumineau for another absolutely sensational Comtesse!"
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2026, JebDunnuck.com
"Expands through the palate from beginning to end, raspberry puree, blackberry, loganberry, crushed rocks and bitter black chocolate, wrapped up in smoky coffee beans. Excellent build and architecture, has tension and grip, with a mouthwatering finish, and delivers a joyful expression of the vintage. 73 IPT. Cabernet Sauvignon only for the press wine. Harvest began August 28 (earliest on record) until September 24. 52% 1st wine, 48% Réserve. 3.7 pH. Harvest August 28 to September 24."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"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."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pauillac; 81% Cabernet Sauvignon; 15% Merlot; 4% Cabernet Sauvignon; a final yield of 24 hl/ha; pH 3.7; IPT 73; 13% alcohol; tasted at the property with Florent Genty). Charming, with a pleasing and very natural gentle sweetness to the mid-palate indicating the perfect maturation of the fruit, as does the slight hint of hazelnut from the pips. There's a delicate spring florality aromatically, replaced on the palate by something more bulby - iris and peony perhaps with a little violet too. Glossy and svelte, layered and never too ample in frame allowing the depth and profundity of the wine to unfold in the mouth. There's a lovely wild strawberry note to this too that I haven't found in previous vintage. Very long and gently tapering on the finish before the fantail lift."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande was picked from August 28, the earliest ever, finishing on September 23, matured in 66% new oak, the rest one-year-old. It has a taut and linear nose, very classic in style, graphite/pencil lead scents that permeate the black fruit. Beautiful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins. A little more structured and austere than the more Merlot-driven vintages of old. Yet as it unfurls in the glass, it reveals the level of sophistication and precision you now come to expect from this Pauillac Second Growth. At 13.1% alcohol, this is lower than other recent vintages."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"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."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Pure cassis, leafy herbs, spring flowers, and graphite all emerge from the 2025 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande, a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, has a flawlessly balanced mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and an incredible finish. The balance, length, complexity, and pure class here are exceptional. It hit 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.7 and an IPT of 73. Hats off to director Nicolas Glumineau for another absolutely sensational Comtesse!"
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2026, JebDunnuck.com
"Expands through the palate from beginning to end, raspberry puree, blackberry, loganberry, crushed rocks and bitter black chocolate, wrapped up in smoky coffee beans. Excellent build and architecture, has tension and grip, with a mouthwatering finish, and delivers a joyful expression of the vintage. 73 IPT. Cabernet Sauvignon only for the press wine. Harvest began August 28 (earliest on record) until September 24. 52% 1st wine, 48% Réserve. 3.7 pH. Harvest August 28 to September 24."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"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."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pauillac; 81% Cabernet Sauvignon; 15% Merlot; 4% Cabernet Sauvignon; a final yield of 24 hl/ha; pH 3.7; IPT 73; 13% alcohol; tasted at the property with Florent Genty). Charming, with a pleasing and very natural gentle sweetness to the mid-palate indicating the perfect maturation of the fruit, as does the slight hint of hazelnut from the pips. There's a delicate spring florality aromatically, replaced on the palate by something more bulby - iris and peony perhaps with a little violet too. Glossy and svelte, layered and never too ample in frame allowing the depth and profundity of the wine to unfold in the mouth. There's a lovely wild strawberry note to this too that I haven't found in previous vintage. Very long and gently tapering on the finish before the fantail lift."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com