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  • Country ranking ?

    1 273
  • Producer ranking ?

    22
  • Decanting time

    5h
  • When to drink

    from 2018
  • 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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Wine Information

The 2012 Bordeaux vintage report.

The 2012 Bordeaux vintage is a year for vineyard management and workers. Call it a wine makers vintage, or change your tune and name it vineyard managers vintage. Either descriptor works perfectly. The estates with the financial ability to take the necessary actions in the vineyards during the season, coupled with the willingness to severely declassify unripe grapes will produce the best wines. Even then, i...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Ruby red and Clear

ending

Medium

nose

Complex

taste

High alcohol content, High tannin and Drying tannins

Verdict

Fine

Written Notes

The colour is a little bit evolved regarding the only 10 years old vintage. There are some varietal notes on the nose with a lighter structure that we are used to have with this chateau. The structure is a little bit dryer in the end not the best Pichon Baron on this challenging vintage.

  • 90p
Ruby. Cassis, some vanilla, spices, fruity, intense, layered, detailed, firm and tight nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, chewy, structured, dark berries, intense and long. Fruity and structured. 94
  • 94p
DRUVSAMMANSÄTTNING 45% Grand Vin; 66% CS, 33% M TASTINGNOTE Vacker färg, men vinet är inte riktigt på plats ännu: volymen är enorm, men jag misstänker att Merlot-druvan tynger vinet i nuläget och döljer ännu den sedvanliga mineralitetet finns göms i denna terroir. Vinets utveckling bör följas noggrant, eftersom, med tanke på dimensionen av vinet bör den bli otroligt sammansatt och veckar med tiden.
  • 95p
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Origin

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h
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