Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Réserve de la Comtesse 2001

After our Mosel I opened this Bordeaux, the 2nd wine of Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. Initially quite bright and perfumed, the bouquet showed cassis, plum, milk chocolate, violets, currants, sandalwood and some pepper. The palate possessed some lovely soft tannins, which were initially quite dry but did soften, and coated the front and mid palate very nicely. At some stages the fruit did drop away, but overall did hold up enough. Really quite an elegant and feminine wine, and while lacking a bit of depth and structure, it was very nice drinking.
50+4+13+18+7 = 92/100