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  • Country ranking ?

    889
  • Producer ranking ?

    12
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2025

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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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Tasted in November 2021. 79% C. Sauvignon + 21% Merlot. Freshness. Tobacco leaves and graphite on the nose. The palate had power and elegance with fine acidity and lovely complexity, fine structure and balance. More accessible than the highly heralded vintages 2019 and 2020.

  • 96p

Ruby. Intense, cassis, blueberries, some tobacco notes far back, faintly of violets, detailed and layered. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, dark berries, anise, spices, detailed, nuanced, layered, intense, long. 95-97

  • 96p

The grand vin represents 50% of production this year. A blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot, the 2017 Pichon-Longueville Baron is deep garnet-purple in color and simply sings of vibrant blackcurrants, black cherries and rose hip notes with nuances of potpourri, incense, licorice and pencil shavings plus touches of cigar box and fertile loam. Medium-bodied, super intense and possessing stunning poise, it has very firm, fine-grained tannins and a beautifully silken texture, with bags of freshness and a very long, perfumed finish. 95-97p

Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Initially a bit closed, but opening up well. Aroma reminiscent of ripe plums, blackcurrants and blackberries, elegant roasting aroma and oak spices in the background. On the palate great balance, excellent length and depth, complex flavour. A wine rather different on the style than on the quality in comparison to 2016 and 2015. 96

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Pauillac, Bordeaux
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