2020 Réserve de Pichon Comtesse, Pauillac

2020 Réserve de Pichon Comtesse, Pauillac

From the venerable 2020 vintage. An enticing nose of blackberries, cedar and baking spice. The wine is medium-bodied and appetising, with mineral notes adding another layer to the fruit, and grippy but fine tannis. Complex amd savoury, this is a lovely wine with some time ahead of it.

Critic score
91.5/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
  • Maturity
    Ready 2023 - 2033info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    14%

Tasting notes

Bright ruby colour with violet reflections. As with many second wines in Pauillac in 2020, you should expect fairly high tannins, although they are fine in construction and softly-expressed when things open up. Cocoa bean and coffee smoke on the finish. This is seductive but underplayed.

Jane Anson, Decanter (May 2021)
92/100

The 2020 Réserve de Pichon Comtesse is very harmonious on the nose, featuring plenty of blackberry, wild strawberry and light touches of salted licorice and estuarine scents; this is going to be very seductive. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit and fine-grained tannins, not a powerful or deep Deuxième Vin, leading to a poised, quite spicy, peppery finish. This should give 12–15 years of drinking pleasure.

Neal Martin, vinous.com (May 2021)
(90—92)/100

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