JAMES SUCKLING: "This shows spices, pepper, blueberries and blackcurrants on the nose. Full body, very polished tannins and a long and beautiful finish. Shows such gorgeous texture. Precise and transparent. Try in 2022."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "A blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot aged for 18 months in barrels, 60% new, the 2015 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande displays a medium to deep garnet-purple color and is elegantly fruited with crushed red currants, black raspberries and cassis with touches of lavender, rose hips, tilled soil, fungi and charcuterie. Medium-bodied, finely crafted, remarkably pure and beautifully poised, it has a firm frame of very fine-grained tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing on a lingering mineral note."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, einladende reife Herzkirschen, reife Pflaumen, feiner Nougat, süße Gewürze, attraktives Bukett. Saftig, gute Komplexität und Tiefe, elegante Textur, feine Tannine, schokoladig und anhaltend, seidiger, trinkanimierender Stil mit extraktsüßem Finish."