2022 Pichon-Lalande, Pauillac
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Chris Kissack
Reviewed December 2024The grand vin from Nicolas Glumineau is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, and the élevage was in 65% new oak and 35% second-fill oak barrels for 19 months. Remarkably it includes 17.5% press wine, up from the usual 13%, added with consultation from Eric Boissenot who is a big press-wine advocate. This accounts for 60% of production. An expressive, confidently dark, toasted and harmonious nose, with powdered chalk and crushed white gravel dusted over concentrated black cherry, blackberry and currant fruits. The palate is fresh and bright, with plenty of peppered dark fruit freshness, toast, liquorice and tar with black pepper energy, lots of great substance here wrapping all this up, supported by grip from the rich tannic substance. It continues with layers of dark and salted fruits, salty minerals, an intense confidence, and a long and peppery finish. Stunning potential here, with great energy wrapped up in this supple, mouth-watering, sinewy texture, which adds a sense of restraint to what is a confident style. A breathtaking, spine-tingling wine, which simmers with incredibly tight-knit tannin in the length, but with never a hair out of place. Superb, and surely a new benchmark for the estate, one which we can watch evolve over the next three or four decades. Tasted three times.
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Professional Reviews
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Wine Advocate
The 2022 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has turned out even better in bottle than I anticipated, bursting from the glass with aromas of cassis and blackberries mingled with scents of licorice, violets and pencil shavings. Full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it's suave, seamless and complete, with faultless precision, pristine integration of tannin, controlled sweetness and a long, expansive finish. The 2022 manages to unite the sensuality that's the estate's calling card and the ripeness of the vintage on the one hand, with a sense of Pauillac classicism on the other, threading the needle to deliver one of the finest wines of the vintage and a benchmark Pichon Comtesse. It's a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc that spent 18 months in barriques (three months more than was formerly the case), two-thirds of which were new. As I wrote en primeur, there's more than a hint of the 1982 about this wine, and like the 1982, the 2022 will offer an exceptionally wide drinking window. (WK)
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The Wine Independent
A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is deep garnet-purple in color. After a little coaxing, aromas of blackcurrant jelly, juicy plums, and wild blueberries waltz out of the glass, followed by nuances of red roses, damp soil, tar, and licorice. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound, with impressive tension created by mineral-laced, crunchy black fruit layers, framed by firm, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and savory. pH 3.8.
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Decanter
Shiny and striking, this delights from the first sip giving a burst of strawberry and citrus acidity before salty minerality comes in the form of chalky tannins, graphite, pencil lead and slate. Really quite mineral. It's sleek and classically styled, no overt ripeness of fruit although there's concentration in the frame and power that thrusts the flavours forward. Detailed and joyous, it's pent up with muscles and tension but where other wines are showcasing that brawn now, this also delivers a ton of juicy acidity and lift which makes this so joyful. I love it. (GH)
Staff Reviews
RM
Review Date: 06/2025
The 2022 Pichon Lalande has the potential to be an all-time great—a remarkable feat given the estate’s nearly unparalleled track record. But it’s no surprise, considering the incredible run Nicolas Glumineau and his team have been on over the past decade. And while 100-point scores and comps to the '82 have become almost routine at this address, the greatness of the ’22 is beginning to quietly reveal itself.
I’ve heard multiple first-hand accounts from those who believe this is their new gold standard, and several tastings on our end are convincing me that might very well be the case. What’s so magical about the 2022 Pichon Lalande is how deftly the vintage was managed—the depth and ripeness of the growing season are perfectly balanced by modest alcohol (13.6%), bright acidity, and a wealth of typicity and PLL character.
There’s so much intensity for such an elegant, restrained, and precise wine. It’s also remarkably accessible, which makes its retention of Pauillac complexity and character all the more impressive. The more I taste these ’22s, the more convinced I am that a new benchmark is being set for those who nailed the vintage.
Pichon Lalande is clearly one of the standouts of 2022—and easily a First Growth-caliber wine.
Notes
97+ points, Antonio Galloni for Vinous: "The 2022 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a wine of somber intensity, one that will require years to be at its best. Dark fruit, leather, incense, licorice, plum and mocha slowly open in the glass. Pichon Comtesse is often more demonstrative at this stage, but the 2022 is decidedly reticent. I expect it will be slow to reveal all of its character. I tasted the 2022 three times and found it consistently closed." (1/2025)
Details
| Origin | Pauillac, Bordeaux, France |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends |
| Alcohol Content | 13.6% |
| SKU | 1671997 |