Château Pichon-Lalande 2025, Pauillac
IN BOND
Delivery 2028
Appellation - Pauillac
Owner - Champagne Louis Roederer
2025 is 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc. Maturation in 60% new oak.
Second wines – Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Annual production – 350,000 bottles
TASTING NOTES
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.
94/96
William Kelley, Wine Advocate, April 2026
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. Drink 2032-2060.
95/97
Neal Martin, vinous.com, May 2026
