Chateau Pichon Comtesse Pauillac Bordeaux Wine Tasting back to 1941 Friday, June 2nd 7:30pm and all the Pauillac in the store on SALE!!

When asked if she was going to join Alcoholics Anonymous: “Certainly not. They want me to stop now.”

Dorthy Parker

And I’m not stopping any time soon either because now we have a comfortable place to drink our wines with our “Wine Drinking People” we will keep you busy every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night all year long at the Wine Watch Wine Bar.

This week we still have space for our super Aussie wine tasting featuring some of the oldest Australian wines we have in the store.



Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 07:30 PM

Vintage Aussie Wine Tasting Featuring Penfolds Grange, Greenock Creek, Lakes Folly And More.  Check out the line-up and menu for this event at:  https://www.winewatch.com/wine-events-d6/may-events-c59/vintage-aussie-wine-tasting-featuring-penfolds-grange-greenock-creek-lakes-folly-and-more-e3118/

 We have a lot of special tastings coming up but this one may be the best of 2023 with Chateau Pichon Lalnade Comtesse de Lalande making some of the greatest wines coming out of Bordeaux.  I have had a bottle of 1941 that is in perfect condition here for way too long.  That is why as soon as I received several older vintages of this great Chateau, I immediately put a date on the calendar to drink every vintage that we have in the store back to 1941.

We have an incredible collection of Bordeaux from Pauillac in the store at the moment so I have included all of them on SALE on this offering.

The fee for this “Once in a Lifetime” tasting which includes dinner is $595 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande

Bordeaux Tasting back to the 1941 Vintage

Friday, June 2nd

7:30pm

1941 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, France

1966 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, France

1978 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, France

1980 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, France

1982 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, France

1983 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande Pauillac, France

1986 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, France

1990 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, France

1996 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac, France

Menu

Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie

Wild Mushroom Soup Garnished with Sherry Crema and Fresh Herbs

Beef Tenderloin Tartar with Parmesan Crisp

Crispy Duck confit with Currant Natural Sauce and Truffle Fries

Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee

 The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $595 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any food issues and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.

A  bit about Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande:

The secret is out among lovers of great Bordeaux; Chateau Pichon Lalande in the commune of Pauillac in the Medoc is making wines as good as its illustrious neighbors: Chateau Lafite; Chateau Latour and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild.  All through the 1960's and 1970's, there was a groundswell of enthusiasm for the soft, beautiful wines of Pichon Lalande.  Although connoisseurs in England have always known that Pichon Lalande was making great wine at ludicrously low prices, it has been only in the past few vintages that Americans began to clamor for their share.  Throughout the latter part of the 1970’s and the entire decade of the 1980’s Lalande’s wines improved steadily, with the outstanding 1982 putting this chateau over the top with a (100) point score from the world’s premier authority on wine- Robert Parker Jr.

The recent phenomenal success of Pichon Lalande can be attributed to a lady named May de Lencquesaign, whose family has owned the estate since 1926.  During the 1960's and 1970's it was administered by her brother; in 1978 she assumed control as a result of a family quarrel.  When the family's holdings were split, Madame de Lencquesaign took control of Pichon Lalande and moved into the property.  She immediately launched a five-year, multi-million dollar capital improvements plan for the chateau.  The entire mansion was refurbished, a new underground chai was built for aging the wines, the most modern winemaking equipment was installed, and an ambitious replanting of the vineyards was begun.  Bordeaux's superstar consulting enologist, Emile Peynaud, was hired to assist the extremely talented cellarmaster Jean-Jacques Godin.  Peynaud has become the single most influential man in modern Bordeaux; he has consulted to and improved the wines of over 100 chateaux.  Some say they can easily detect Peynaud's influence in the change of winemaking styles.  Peynaud believes in wines of early accessibility and drinkability - wines that do not have to age in dark cellars for twenty years before they emerge from a grudging adolescence and become enjoyable to drink.  While some old-school thinking deplores this "Penaudization" of Bordeaux, we applaud it vigorously!  For a time the name of the chateau had been shortened so that it would not be confused with that of its less superior sister property, Pichon Longueville Baron.  Madame de Lencquesaing – dismayed at the abbreviated name given the estate by her brother - returned the wine to its original namesake: Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande.

Pichon Lalande is located in Pauillac, but about a third of its vineyard crosses over into the borders of St. Julien.  The estate's 150 acres of vineyards are planted to about 45% Cabernet, 35% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 8% Petit Verdot.  The fact that its southern exposure lies in St. Julien and that sometimes less than half of the wine can be Cabernet Sauvignon results in a fruitier, more feminine, more supple wine in youth - somewhat akin to Lafite as opposed to the other great Pauillacs like Mouton and Latour, which show more concentration due to the high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the cepage.  The soil here is a graves dating from the Gunzien period.  At the top it is almost pure gravel but deeper down there is more clay.  Under this is a soil type called Molasses du Frondasias, a greenish sandstone of the Miocene age and, below that, limestone and marnes de Saint-Estephe (marnes is marl, a clay-limestone mixture).

It is interesting to note that Nazi soldiers occupied the chateau during the Second World War and Madame de Lencquesaign lived in nearby Margaux, where she helped Jews escape the Nazis.  After the war, she lived with her husband in the United States (Kansas) for three years and returned there in 1968 and 1970.  She and her husband traveled to the United States at least once a year to see old friends and promote their wines.  Unfortunately, she has done too good a job at it; the prices for recent vintages of Pichon Lalande have doubled in price.  Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is now regarded as one of the world's greatest red wine properties.

All the Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in the store on SALE!!

1978 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE, PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $335.00   Sale Price: $250.00         Quantity in Stock: 3

1980 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE, PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $355.00   Sale Price: $295.00         Quantity in Stock: 11

1982 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE PAUILLAC

Price: $1650.00 Sale Price: $1250.00       Quantity in Stock: 18

1983 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE PAUILLAC

Price: $395.00   Sale Price: $335.0           Quantity in Stock: 21

1986 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE PAUILLAC MAGNUM

Price: $1395.00 Sale Price: $950.00         Quantity in Stock: 15

1986 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE PAUILLAC

Price: $550.00   Sale Price: $450.00         Quantity in Stock: 6

1990 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE PAUILLAC

Price: $550.00   Sale Price: $450.00         Quantity in Stock: 59

1996 CHATEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE COMTESSE DE LALANDE PAUILLAC

Price: $550.00   Sale Price: $450.00         Quantity in Stock: 1

The other Pichon Next Door

We Just Hosted an event with Chateau Pichon-Longueville Au Baron De Pichon-Longueville and had several of the same vintages we are showcasing at this Pichon Comtesse tasting.  The wine of the night was a perfect bottle of 1959 Pichon Baron but all the wines showed beautifully with the 1989 vintage coming in second which was a surprise for me as I have always enjoyed the 1990 vintage better from Pauillac.  All the wines from the 1980’s and 1990’s are drinking in their peak years right now for my taste.  The 1961 was also excellent with the 1986 being one of the best wines from this highly tannic vintage I have had in recent memory.  The only disappointment of the night was the 1982 out of magnum.  The bottle was a bit off but still enjoyable, a bit of a musty character that did blow off over time but we are always expecting greatness from the 1982 vintage especially our of magnum.  Check out the review of this tasting on our Instagram TV channel. 

1982 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE MAGNUM

Price: $1595.00 Sale Price: $1250.00       Quantity in Stock: 5

1986 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $395.00                 Sale Price: $330.00              Quantity in Stock: 67

1989 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $525.00   Sale Price: $425.00         Quantity in Stock: 35

1990 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $550.00                 Sale Price: $450.00              Quantity in Stock: 35

1995 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $350.00                 Sale Price: $275.00              Quantity in Stock: 22

2008 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

List Price: $235.00          Your Price: $206.80              Quantity in Stock: 1

2010 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $350.00                 Your Price: $308.00              Quantity in Stock: 5

2014 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $234.00                 Your Price: $205.92              Quantity in Stock: 4

2017 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $220.00   Your Price: $193.60        Quantity in Stock: 3

2019 CHATEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE AU BARON DE PICHON-LONGUEVILLE PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $249.00   Your Price: $219.12        Quantity in Stock: 6

The rest of the Pauillac in the store on SALE!!

2007 CHATEAU CLERC MILON PAUILLAC

Price: $100.00   Your Price: $88.00          Quantity in Stock: 1

2010 CHATEAU DUHART MILON PAUILLAC

Price: $180.00   Your Price: $158.40        Quantity in Stock: 2

1995 CHATEAU DUHART-MILON PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $250.00   Sale Price: $195.00         Quantity in Stock: 35

1983 CHATEAU DUHART-MILON PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $235.00                 Sale Price: $175.00              Quantity in Stock: 72

1982 CHATEAU DUHART-MILON PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $365.00                 Sale Price: $295.00              Quantity in Stock: 24

1982 CHATEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE PAUILLAC

Price: $595.00   Sale Price: $475.00         Quantity in Stock: 47

1983 CHATEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE PAUILLAC

Price: $185.00   Sale Price: $130.00         Quantity in Stock: 4

1990 CHATEAU GRAND PUY LACOSTE PAUILLAC

Price: $425.00                 Sale Price: $350.00              Quantity in Stock: 60

2017 CHATEAU HAUT BAGES LIBERAL PAUILLAC

Price: $62.50     Your Price: $55.00          Quantity in Stock: 15

2009 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $1595.00               Your Price: $1403.60              Quantity in Stock: 4

2003 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $2250.00               Sale Price: $1450.00              Quantity in Stock: 1

2000 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $1850.00               Sale Price: $1350.00              Quantity in Stock: 3

1999 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $1450.00               Sale Price: $1150.00              Quantity in Stock: 1

1996 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $1500.00               Sale Price: $1250.00              `Quantity in Stock: 1

1994 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $1250.00               Sale Price: $795.00              Quantity in Stock: 1

1986 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC MAGNUM

Price: $3650.00               Sale Price: $2950.00              Quantity in Stock: 2

1986 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $1800.0                 Sale Price: $1395.00              Quantity in Stock: 10

1984 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $750.00                 Sale Price: $595.00              Quantity in Stock: 5

1983 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $999.00                 Sale Price: $750.00              Quantity in Stock: 103

1982 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC HIGH SHOULDER

Price: $2950.00               Sale Price: $1950.00              Quantity in Stock: 1

1982 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $3700.00               Sale Price: $2995.00              Quantity in Stock: 12

1978 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 'CARRUADES DE LAFITE', PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $395.00   Sale Price: $330.00         Quantity in Stock: 9

1975 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $1450.00               Sale Price: $1050.00              Quantity in Stock: 35

1983 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 'CARRUADES DE LAFITE', PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $425.00   Sale Price: $350.00         Quantity in Stock: 36

1980 CHATEAU LATOUR PAUILLAC BORDEAUX, FRANCE

Price: $999.00   Sale Price: $750.00         Quantity in Stock: 10

1982 CHATEAU LATOUR PAUILLAC BORDEAUX FRANCE

Price: $3500.00               Sale Price: $2750.00              Quantity in Stock: 22

1986 CHATEAU LATOUR, PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $850.00                 Sale Price: $725.00              Quantity in Stock: 9

1988 CHATEAU LATOUR, PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $950.00                 Sale Price: $750.00              Quantity in Stock: 20

1990 CHATEAU LATOUR PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $1895.00               Sale Price: $1350.00              Quantity in Stock: 12

1995 CHATEAU LATOUR PAUILLAC

Price: $950.00   Sale Price: $795.00         Quantity in Stock: 9

2000 CHATEAU LATOUR PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $1650.00               Sale Price: $1195.00              Quantity in Stock: 2

2003 CHATEAU LATOUR PAUILLAC

Price: $1480.00               Sale Price: $1255.00              Quantity in Stock: 2

2014 CHATEAU LATOUR PAUILLAC

Price: $769.00   Your Price: $676.72        Quantity in Stock: 3

1973 CHATEAU LATOUR 'LES FORTS DE LATOUR', PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $375.00   Sale Price: $310.00         Quantity in Stock: 9

1990 CHATEAU LATOUR 'LES FORTS DE LATOUR', PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $495.00                 Sale Price: $395.00              Quantity in Stock: 12

1995 CHATEAU LATOUR 'LES FORTS DE LATOUR' PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $425.00   Sale Price: $350.00         Quantity in Stock: 60

2008 CHATEAU LATOUR 'LES FORTS DE LATOUR', PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $315.00                 Your Price: $277.20              Quantity in Stock: 4

2009 CHATEAU LATOUR 'LES FORTS DE LATOUR', PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $375.00                 Your Price: $330.00              Quantity in Stock: 2

2012 LES FORTS DE LATOUR PAUILLAC

Price: $299.00   Your Price: $263.12        Quantity in Stock: 7

2016 CHATEAU LES FORTS DE LATOUR PAUILLAC

Price: $330.00   Your Price: $290.40        Quantity in Stock: 11

1983 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $395.00                 Sale Price: $325.00              Quantity in Stock: 12

1985 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC BIG BOTTLE

Price: $3250.00               Sale Price: $2500.00              Quantity in Stock: 1

1986 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $475.00   Sale Price: $395.00         Quantity in Stock: 12

1989 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC MAGNUM

Price: $1595.00               Sale Price: $1250.00              Quantity in Stock: 7

1990 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $750.00                 Sale Price: $595.00              Quantity in Stock: 60

1995 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $425.00                 Sale Price: $350.00              Quantity in Stock: 23

2000 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $490.00                 Your Price: $431.20              Quantity in Stock: 1

2005 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC MAGNUM

Price: $697.50   Your Price: $613.80        Quantity in Stock: 2

2009 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $375.00   Your Price: $330.00        Quantity in Stock: 12

2010 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $360.00   Your Price: $316.80        Quantity in Stock: 3

2015 CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $246.00                 Your Price: $216.48              Quantity in Stock: 5

2016 CHATEAU ECHO DE LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $79.50     Your Price: $69.96          Quantity in Stock: 3

2017 CHATEAU ECHO DE LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $75.00     Your Price: $66.00          Quantity in Stock: 4

2018 CHATEAU ECHO DE LYNCH BAGES PAUILLAC

Price: $75.00     Your Price: $66.00          Quantity in Stock: 5

1996 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC BORDEAUX, FRANCE

Price: $895.00                 Sale Price: $750.00              Quantity in Stock: 1

1995 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $999.00                 Sale Price: $795.00              Quantity in Stock: 45

1988 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $825.00   Sale Price: $650.00         Quantity in Stock: 59

1986 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC

Price: $1800.00               Sale Price: $1250.00              Quantity in Stock: 24

1985 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $895.00                 Sale Price: $750.00              Quantity in Stock: 22

1982 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHCHILD PAUILLAC, FRANCE

Price: $2400.00               Sale Price: $1725.00              Quantity in Stock: 11

2017 CHATEAU PONTET CANET PAUILLAC

Price: $149.00                 Your Price: $131.12              Quantity in Stock: 11

2009 CHATEAU PONTET CANET PAUILLAC

Price: $375.00   Sale Price: $280.00         Quantity in Stock: 2

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