Château Pichon-Lalande: Tasting & Drinking
Now it would not be true to say that I have acquaintances that would sell their a kidney for a case of Château Pichon-Lalande (although sometimes I have wondered whether they might), but certainly I have met many who hold the wines of this particular Pichon estate in very high regard. And rightly so. For the last few decades the wines have been some of the most consistent in Bordeaux, with only the occasional blip although this has occurred in perfectly adequate vintages when one might have expected better. Such vintages included 1990 and 2005, the latter matching up rather neatly with the thoughts of Sylvie Cazes on sliding quality during the latter years of the Lencquesaing era. Equally, however, there are lesser vintages when the team at Pichon-Lalande have turned out an excellent wine against the odds, with the 1991 being a prime example.
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