Pichon-Longueville Lalande Pauillac 2019

100 points Jeff Leve (The Wine Cellar Insider): "Absolutely compelling from the initial swirl, sniff and sip. It takes no time to recognize this as being an incredible, future legendary Bordeaux ! The perfume is mesmerizing with its display of flowers, spices, tobacco leaf, cassis, plum and blackberries. But it is the texture, with its layers of silky, perfectly, ripe, sweet fruits that steals the show. Rich, full-bodied and concentrated, the decadent finish, with all its multiple layers sticks with you for at least sixty seconds! Drink from 2029-2055. (Mar 2022)"

99 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Pure class, the 2019 Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande is another brilliant wine from director Nicolas Glumineau that checks in at the top of the vintage. A blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc that was harvested from mid-September through October 8th. Brought up in roughly 60% new French oak, it hit 14.1% natural alcohol with a pH of 3.7. More elegant and poised from bottle than barrel, it offers a brilliant perfume of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, tobacco leaf, damp earth, and graphite. Deep, full-bodied, and pure perfection on the palate, it has this incredible marriage of Latour-like stature and regalness buffered by wonderful, sexy, seamless fruit, which no doubt comes from the higher Merlot content and makes Comtesse de Lalande so singular and unique. It builds slowly with time in the glass and has remarkable purity of fruit, ultra-fine tannins, perfect balance, and a finish that just begs you to pour another glass. It has a seductive, seamless profile that offers pleasure even today (although it needs lots of air to show at its best) yet needs 7-8 years of bottle age to hit the early stages of its prime drink window and will evolve for another 40-50 years if stored properly. Drink: 2029-2080. (4/11/22)"

98 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "One of the wines of the vintage, the 2019 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande soars from the glass with complex aromas of wild berries, tobacco leaf, loamy soil, burning embers and hints of violets and rose petals. Full-bodied, deep and complete, it’s velvety and seamless, with a broad attack and a multidimensional core of lively, succulent fruit. Concluding with a long, expansive finish, it’s a remarkable young Pauillac that will offer many years of thrilling drinking. Congratulations to Nicolas Glumineau and his team, who are ushering in a new golden age at an address where standards were always very high.. Drink: 2027-2026. (4/7/22)"

98 points Lisa Perrotti-Brown (The Wine Independent): "The 2019 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is composed of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it features notions of cedar chest and menthol to begin, giving way to a core of blackcurrant pastilles, black cherries, and fragrant soil with a waft of wild sage. The medium to full-bodied palate is rich and dense, with firm tannins and a long spicy finish. Alcohol 14.12%. Drink: 2026-2055. (5/1/23)"

98 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2019 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande demands more coaxing from the glass, but it rewards patience with compelling graphite-infused black fruit, unapologetically classic in style, the terroir flooding through. The palate is medium-bodied with wonderful sapidity, gorgeous balance and a pure yet powerful finish that makes you wish you could build a time machine and taste it in 20 years. Sublime. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. Drink: 2026-2060. (Feb 2023)"

98 points Jane Anson (Inside Bordeaux): "(71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc). You feel the clever construction of this wine from the start, and the architecture shines through. A linen edge of the tannins, with grain and texture that holds things back through the mid palate. Subdued power at the moment, with hints of butterscotch and black chocolate, bilberry fruits that are not overly sweet but have succulence and impact. Good quality, one to cellar and look forward to opening in the future. 60% new oak, 4hl/h yield. No Petit Verdot in this vintage. Alcohol 14.1%. Drink: 2028-2050. (10/26/21)"

98 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "One of the most elegant Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande I can remember tasting. The 2019 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is very clearly one of the wines of the year. Statuesque in its bearing, the 2019 possesses tremendous depth and intensity right out of the gate. Dark fruit, gravel, smoke, licorice and incense draw the taster in. The 2019 is like a great book. You don't want to put it down. Each taste reveals a new layer, a new shade of nuance. The 2019 is quite simply one of the most elegant renditions I have tasted recently. That said, it is also incredibly austere and in need of cellaring. Don't miss it. Tasted three times. Drink: 2034-2059. (Jan 2022)"

98 points Chris Kissack (Winedoctor): "The 2019 from Nicolas Glumineau and team is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc. The nose opens with an explosion of blackcurrant and damson jam, sweet and fragrant, but also shimmering with complexities which call to mind black olive, slate, bay leaf and mint. The palate starts off in an immediately fresh and integrated style, despite it being built around a poised and grippy structure of ripe tannin. It maintains a great sense of purity through the middle and finish of the palate, bold and poised, while still grippy with that rich framework of tannins. It is convincing through the finish, which concludes with a lingering core of ripe tannins and pure fruit. You have to wonder just how Nicolas pushes quality here ever-higher, but he achieves it;this doesn’t put a foot wrong, and being on a par with the firsts in this vintage it is clearly a great Pichon-Lalande in the making. The alcohol is 14.1%. (Dec 2021)"

97 points Andy Howard, MW (Decanter): "Inky in hue, concentrated and designed for the long-haul, Pichon Comtesse is very backwards in the glass on initial tasting. After five minutes in the glass the wine's characters start to emerge – dark berry fruit, exotic spices, hints of chocolate and some floral notes of violet/rose. The wine is elegant and precise, with all the components in place for two to three decades of ageing. The Baron has the edge at the moment but I suspect Comtesse will win through at the end. Drinking Window: 2028-2048. (10/31/23)"

97 points James Suckling: "Classic aromas of lead-pencil shavings, blackcurrants and blueberries, as well as some as, following through to a full body with polished tannins and a fresh, delicious finish. Wonderful crafted. Try after 2025. (1/19/22)"

97 points Wine Enthusiast: "[$265 list] The wine's tannins and beautiful fruits are impressive. It has the acidity and freshness of the vintage while also giving a structure and texture that will assure considerable aging. This is a very fine wine that will be ready from 2026. (Oct 2022)"

97 points La Revue du Vin de France: "The 2019 has an open nose, expressing fresh fruit with a hint of licorice. On the palate, we find a Pichon that is straighter than usual, but very racy and defined. The wine's texture is magnificent, with a silky texture and great length. (Jan 2022)"