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Wine Description
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.
The repu...
Wine Information
Winemaker note : A record-beating year! One of the earliest years of the century. A positively tropical August and a superb September enabled the harvest to be spread out in time. It turned out to be one of the longest, from September 13 to October 3.
1997 Harvest/The harvest really began on September 15th. 3 days were required in order to pick most of the Merlot. We started picking again on the 22nd and 23rd for the later Merlot and the Ca...