Pauillac de Pichon Lalande Red Bordeaux Blend

Every 50th birthday party should end with a birth year wine. What better than an old Bordeaux and one of our favorite producers from Bordeaux? Happy 50th Birthday Sofia a splendid night of great food, friends, wine and environment.

Still enjoying some birth year vintage wine. This was in a half bottle. Lovely smoke and leather notes.

Phenomenal and green

Amazing for a '66!drinking like a 15 year old Bordeaux...

Right now I am like Neo in the matrix. Woah.

Doing just fine! Bravo. Needed about an hour after opening and not decanting.

So aromatic and still quite fresh.

In the magnificently stocked wine cellar of a new acquaintance, we randomly picked out a -66 Pichon Longueville Lalande (didn't see any -61s) (and a -88 Chambertin from Trapet). The 50-year-old Puillac wine was dark garnet in color; nose was large and dominated by horse stable floor, cedar, leather, and molten leaves; on the palate it showed age (lower acids and a lean body) but with nice cherries, some tannins and a long interesting finish.

Delightful wine with resolved tannins and a smooth palate feel. Cork was still viable and fill level was excellent. Medium body and its components were in harmony. A delight to drink and share with friends. Happy Birthday Joe......

This did more than hold its own in a 1966 tasting that included Haut Brion and l’Eglise Clinet. Beautiful wine, very elegant.