1980 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Winery: Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Wine: 1980 Red Blend
Location: Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Purchased: JJ Buckley
Price: $110.00
Jonathan’s turning the big 3-0 this year (yes, I am too!) so for Christmas I gave him a bottle of Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande from his birth year. Granted, 1980 wasn’t a spectacular year in the wine world so this wasn’t a hot commodity like say a 1982 bottle. In researching various châteaux, I found several I was interested in, but some were potentially past their prime or at least on their downhill slide. I ended up [...] Continue Reading…
