1986 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac from this lot has the following scores - Vinous 95 points, The Wine Advocate 95 points, Wine Spectator 95 points, Falstaff Magazine 95 points, Decanter 95 points, John Kapon Vintage Tastings 95 points, John Gilman's View from the Cellar 94 points, Jean-Marc Quarin 94 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 93 points. This is the tasting note for 1986 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac from Robert Parker - Now at 30 years of age, there is a gulf between the two Pichons in this vintage that no longer exists. The 1986 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has long been one of the best wines from the estate alongside the 1982 (even if the first bottle was a little oxidized). The second bottle was representative. It has a classic pencil-lead, cedar-infused nose that rockets from the glass, a subtle floral note developing with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple red berry fruit, a pinch of white pepper and cedar, structured compared to coeval vintages and perhaps further along its drinking plateau than previous examples. Certainly à point, I would be reaching for bottles of this now if you cannot locate those 1982s, or alternatively seek out the superlative 1996. This still remains a fine, rather regal Pichon-Lalande. .