| The secret is out among lovers of great Bordeaux; Chateau Pichon Lalande in the commune of Pauillac in the Medoc is making wines as good as its illustrious neighbors: Chateau Lafite; Chateau Latour and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild. All through the 1960's and 1970's, there was a groundswell of enthusiasm for the soft, beautiful wines of Pichon Lalande. Although connoisseurs in England have always known that Pichon Lalande was making great wine at ludicrously low prices, it has been only in the past few vintages that Americans began to clamor for their share. Throughout the latter part of the 1970's and the entire decade of the 1980's Lalande's wines improved steadily, with the outstanding 1982 putting this chateau over the top with a (100) point score from the world's premier authority on wine- Robert Parker Jr. In the 1990's and into the 21st century this property has gone from strength to strength with May Eliane de Lencquesaing, the daughter of Edouard Miailhe, passing the Chateau on to the Louis Roederer Champagne house. The new owners, the Rouzaud family, will therefore seek to preserve the long family tradition of this growth. Tonight we will be tasting vintages of this wine going back to the legendary 1949 vintage including the 1982, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005 and the newly released 2006 vintage. The fee for this tasting is $295 + Tax for reservations call (954)523-9463 |
