(JD) (12/2020)ġ00 points John Gilman Blame it on the excess of youthful excitement, but my original purchase of 1982 Pichon-Lalande has now been gone from my cellar for many years, and I would love to have those bottles back today, as this vintage has just gotten better and better with the passing of time and is clearly the greatest Pichon-Lalande after the 1961 that I have ever tasted! It had been four years between bottles and this recent showing at our vertical was sheer perfection and clearly the finest showing of the 1982 that I have seen yet, as the wine offers up stunning depth and aromatic purity, tied to a lovely veneer of exoticism that even the superb 1989 cannot keep pace with at this time! The bouquet soars from the glass in a celestial blend of plums, sweet black cherries, mocha, a lovely touch of musky violet, cigar smoke, summer truffles, gorgeous soil tones, almost a hint of smoked meats, menthol and toasty new oak. This is a magical, heavenly Bordeaux I wish every reader could taste. I don’t see it falling off a cliff any time soon, yet there’s no need to delay gratification either. It’s unquestionably fully mature and in that sweet spot where it has incredible aromatics, beautiful, sweet fruit, no hard edges, and a gorgeous finish. Tasted out of a magnum, it has a still lively plum/ruby hue as well as gorgeous Pauillac notes of blackcurrants, smoked earth, cedarwood, pencil lead, and forest floor. (JA) (4/2018)ġ00 points Jeb Dunnuck I’ve been lucky enough to have had the 1982 Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande a half dozen times over the past few years and it continues to show magically. It’s been two years since I last tasted this wine, and it was every bit as good back then. The aromatics are still full-on wow, the fruits and tannins melded perfectly together. In fact it jumps out of the glass, with its caramel-edged sweet black fruits. The Merlot levels are a little higher than they are today (it was a favourite grape of her father’s), but this flamboyant, fleshy style is exotic in all the right places. 100 points Decanter May Eliane de Lencquesaing had been at Pichon since 1978, so four years by the time the 1982 rolled around.

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