2017 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

No lineup is complete with representation from Bordeaux's Left Bank. This is one of the famous "Super Seconds" that refer to the best "2nd Growth" wines from Napoleon III's wine Classification of 1855. The "1st Growth" wines include Châteaus Margaux, Latour, Lafite-Rothschild, Haut-Brion, and the 1972 addition of Château Mouton-Rothschild. Anyway, this wine is a great representation of that prestigious group of Super Seconds. For those Napa Cab lovers, Bordeaux Cabs are far less fruit forward. These are more austere with focus on capturing the essence of the "terroir" from which the grapes are grown and the wine made. You will get that dark fruit and those tannins but in a more tightly wound flavor profile. Let this one open if you're going to drink it within the next 5 years. Otherwise, this one will age nicely in your cellar for a couple more decades.