Pichon Lalande other_regions It's a wine for fans

It's a wine for fans of the style and needs several years in bottle to balance its tannins

which is not surprising given the fact that the Chave family has more experience than just about anybody in the winemaking world (the domaine was founded in 1481 - nearly a decade before Christopher Columbus discovered America

I also tasted Conterno’s first wines from his newly-acquired vineyard in Cerretta

California raisin and dried flower emerging

Pichon Lalande other_regions It's a wine for fansAs it always is, the 2012 Pichon Lalande is a wine of pure and total seduction. The 2012 is neither the biggest nor most complex Pichon Lalande, but it is among the most pleasurable wine in this tasting, especially for near and medium term drinking. Silky and medium in body, with lovely brightness, the 2012 has so much to offer. Antonio Galloni