| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pauillac |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
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A distinctive bouquet of violets, soy, pepper, blackberries, cassis, and tree bark gives this 2001 a singular style. This dense ruby/purple-colored blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and a whopping 14% Petit Verdot exhibits plenty of structure, wonderful sweetness, a closed style, but a rich, textured, persistent character. The unusually large percentage of Petit Verdot gives the wine more structure and less initial charm. This beauty needs some time in the cellar. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2018.
Plenty of tobacco, berry and cedar aromas and flavors. Medium- to full-bodied, with sweet fruit and refined tannins. Long and ripe fruit on the finish. Not quite as exciting as from barrel. Best after 2007.
Sweet and a bit dull but certainly serviceable and the velvety texture will appeal to many. Very smooth and luscious even if without a great amount of definition and flavour. Perhaps the most polished Pauillac - one of the Pichons? Flattering. Drink 2009-2018. Date tasted 17th Jan 08.
This wine has put on weight and expanded handsomely during its upbringing in barrel. Only 30% of the production made it into this blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and 14% Petit Verdot. The 2001 has a dense, saturated purple color and an enticing perfume of melted chocolate intermixed with coffee beans, black currant, truffle, and damp earth. The wine is impressively rich, deep, medium to full-bodied, with some noticeable tannin and cedar notes in the finish. In need of 3-4 years of cellaring, it should keep for at least two decades. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2022.
The dense purple/blue/black-colored Pichon Lalande exhibits a spicy perfume offering scents of cedar, incense, earth, black currant and berry fruit. Firm, pure, and surprisingly more Pauillac in style than usual (many Pichon Lanandes reveal a silky, St.-Julien-like character), the 2001 does not have the power, volume, or size of the 2000. A strong effort for the vintage, it possesses high acidity as well as more noticeable tannin.
This has quite a precocious bouquet with raspberry jam, boysenberry, marmalade and pencil shavings. Very fine delineation and lift, certainly more backward than its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with structure tannins, just a hint of brine on the entry, good depth of black fruit with a sinewy, grippy blackberry and cedar-infused finish. One has the feeling that this has more to offer over the next decade.
Has muscle. Starts slowly and then climbs up to a powerful height. Full- to medium-bodied, with a very serious level of tannins. Very well-integrated. Reminds me of the super 1996 Pichon-Lalande.
