
- Robert Parker (RP) points 95
- Vinous points
Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron - Pauillac
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Price
€169.20 ex. VAT
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Tasting notes
The 2021 Pichon-Longueville Baron is showing very well in bottle, unwinding in the glass with notes of cassis, sweet berries and violets mingled with subtle hints of orange zest and cigar wrapper. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered, with good depth at the core, bright acids and sweet tannins that assert themselves on the gently structured finish, its serious, slightly reserved profile reflects the unusually high (89%) percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2021 concluded its élevage in large wooden vats for a month and a half, saw a touch less racking than normal, and was only fined with a small amount of gelatin, not egg white, as has been the rule at this address for several years now.
More information
Provenance
- Type
- Red
- Producer
- Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron
- Country
- France
- Appellation
- Pauillac
- Region
- Bordeaux
Technical
- Vintage
- 2021
- Grapes
- Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
- ABV
- 13%
- Size
- 75cl
- Ageing
- Serving
- 16° - 18° C
- Drinking window
- 2030 - 2060
Food pairings
Key characteristics
About this wine
The 2019 Pichon-Longueville Baron will go down as one of this château's great wines of the modern era, along with 2016, 2010 and 1989. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of cassis and plums mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, sweet loamy soil and violets, it's full-bodied, velvety and layered, with superb concentration, lively acids and rich, powdery tannins. Perfumed and resonant, this is a profound young Pauillac that bears more of a resemblance to its neighbor Château Latour than to Pichon Lalande this year. Pichon Baron was one of the great deals of the en primeur campaign, and readers who purchased futures are to be congratulated on their foresight.
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Producer
Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron
Château Pichon Longueville Baron is a renowned wine producer located in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region in France. The estate has a rich history dating back to the 17th century when it was owned by the Pichon…
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Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, needs little introduction as one of the world's most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90 percent of production volume) are the dry…
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Pauillac is a prestigious wine appellation located on the Left Bank of the Bordeaux region in southwestern France. Situated along the Gironde estuary approximately 50 kilometers north of Bordeaux city, this commune encompasses…
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