Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande - 1986 (750ml) Size:750ml it boasts a dark garnet

it boasts a dark garnet color with only slight lightening at the edge as well as sensational aromas of creme brulee

not a great deal of density

and simply gorgeous

but refined tannins give the wine shape

but what a pair these two wines make

Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande - 1986 (750ml) Size:750ml it boasts a dark garnetJust now emerging from a very clumsy dormant period, Pichon Lalandes dense ruby purple colored 1986 still has the color of a 4 or 5 year old wine. This is the most tannic and backward Pichon Lalande after 1975 and before 1996. The wine was completely closed down until just recently. The wine shows notes of cedar, black currants, earth, spice box, and licorice, followed by a medium to full bodied, very concentrated, intense palate with a still