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  • Country ranking ?

    1 270
  • Producer ranking ?

    21
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now-2030
  • Food Pairing

    Beef Goulash and Wide Egg Noodles

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The Story

Our Grand Vin Château Pichon Baron, classified as a 2nd Grand Cru Classé in 1855, is made with grapes from the oldest vines on the estate’s historic plots.This quintessential Pauillac offers an intense and profound sensory experience of great complexity. Château Pichon Baron exhibits elegance, intensity and exceptional length on the palate. It is a wine that improves year after year and can age for over 40 years in the cellar.

 

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The Winemaker Note : Simply huge! A great Cabernet vintage. The regularity of the weather enabled perfect ripening. Picking started on September 23 with a remarkable richness. Slow, careful extraction resulted in fine, elegant tannins. Ageing will reveal this well-balanced vintage, on a par with the greatest. 

Harvest :For the Merlot, the weekend of September 21st and 22nd marked a turning point in the phenolic maturity. The early parcels w...

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Written Notes

A 1996 Pichon Baron had nice fruit for a ’96, although it was a touch stinky. Unusually cherry, it also had a tangy finish (90).
  • 90p

Aromatic and powerful on the nose, deep on the palate with strong structure. Very concentrated and long on the aftertaste. Splendid wine. 95p

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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Satisfactory

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h
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