2019 Château Pichon Baron, Pauillac, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Cabernet Sauvignon (87%),Merlot (13%)
Not ready
- James Lawther MW
- 18+/100
- Neal Martin MW
- 96-98/100
- James Suckling
- 97-98/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 97/100
- Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
- 97/100
Product: 20198008769
Description
Based on 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot raised in 80% new French oak.
The 2019 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron is pure class and just a beautiful, seamless Pauillac that does everything right. Revealing a deep purple hue and textbook notes of blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, freshly sharpened pencils, and liquid violets, it shows the more medium—to full-bodied, elegant style of the vintage yet is brilliantly concentrated. It has a supple, layered mouthfeel, ripe yet building tannins, and a great, great finish.
It's more open and expressive than Mouton and shares plenty of similarities with Comtesse's layered, supple, perfectly balanced, and classy style. It unquestionably already offers pleasure today (and it's a good time to try a bottle, as I wouldn't be surprised to see it close down), but it will need a decade to hit maturity, and it will be a 50-year wine.
Drink 2032 - 2072
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (April 2022)
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (87%),Merlot (13%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
Critics reviews
James Lawther MW 18+/100
87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot. Barrel sample. Deep purple-black to the rim. Powerful but less obviously muscular this year. Pure, precise and fragrant, the tannins plentiful but really refined. Lovely fruit and texture with a pervading freshness that persists. Length on the finish. Up with the best from this estate (2010, 2016).Drink 2030 – 2050james_lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com (June 2020)
Drink 2030 - 2050
Neal Martin MW 96-98/100
The 2019 Pichon-Longueville Baron was picked from 18 September to 11 October, fermented between 25-29°C and aged in 80% new oak for a planned 18 months. This year it represents just under half the production from their 73 hectares of vine. It has a very refined bouquet, perhaps a little more understated than the 2018, a more cerebral nose with predominantly black fruit laced with cedar, tobacco and a beguiling estuarine scent that becomes more prominent with time.The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit framed by super-fine tannins that lend this a silky smooth, creamy texture. Certainly this is a rich Pichon-Baron, though it retains all the classicism you could ask for. Very fine salinity comes through on the finish with a persistent spice; after tasted that beckons you back for more. This is an outstanding Pauillac. Tasted twice with consistent notes.Drink 2025 - 2060Neil Martin, Vinous.com.com (June 2020)
Drink 2030 - 2050
James Suckling 97-98/100
Very polished with creamy, lightly chewy tannins and layers of texture. Real cabernet sauvignon here. It’s full-bodied with pretty blackberry and blueberry character. Chocolate, too. Long, intense finish of fine, lightly dusty tannins. Tight and focused. Such finesse and class. 87% cabernet sauvignon and 13% merlot.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (June 2020)
Drink 2030 - 2050
Jane Anson MW 97/100
Firm tannic grip lands you squarely in Pauillac from the first moment, with pencil lead and charcoal reinforcing the point. This is a serious Pichon Baron, carefully extracted black fruits that barely put a foot wrong, and a firm core of acidity. Takes its time to open in the glass, and will age for decades without breaking a sweat. 80% new oak. 49% of production in this wine.Drinking 2029 - 2048jane_anson_mw, Decanter.com (June 2020)
Drink 2030 - 2050
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 97/100
The 2019 Pichon-Longueville Baron is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot, harvested from the 18th of September to the 11th of October. It is being aged in French oak barrels, 80% new, for 18 months. This grand vin represents 49% of the harvest. Very deep purple-black in color, the nose skyrockets from the glass with vibrant scents of freshly crushed blackberries, black raspberries and blackcurrant pastilles followed by perfumed sparks of fragrant earth, clove oil, lilacs, crushed rocks, molten chocolate and cinnamon toast.Medium to full-bodied, the palate is packed with layer upon layer of black fruit, mineral and exotic spices, framed by beautifully ripe, finely-grained tannins and tons of freshness, finishing with a lingering soft-spoken whisper of floral and earth notions. This is an absolutely beguiling expression that is classic Pauillac and yet it is Pauillac like no other.Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (June 2020)
Drink 2030 - 2050
About this wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Chateau Pichon Baron
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron, a leading Pauillac 2éme Cru Classé estate, is one of Bordeaux's most illustrious "super seconds". In 1987 it was bought by the AXA Millésimes Group, who also own Cantenac-Brown, Petit-Village, Suduiraut. AXA built a state of the art cuverie and chai at Pichon-Longueville Baron, while, in 2000, Christian Seely took over from Jean-Michel Cazesas as general manager. Pichon-Longueville-Baron's 73-hectare vineyard (70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, runs adjacent to that of Château Latour and lies on deep gravel beds. The Cabernet-dominated Pichon-Longueville Baron is a more muscular, tannic and full-bodied wine than that of its neighbour across the road, Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. The grand vin is Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville. The second wine is Les Tourelles de Longueville, introduced with the 1986 vintage. The best examples of Pichon-Longueville Baron have layer upon layer of unctuous, vanilla-scented, blackcurrant and cassis fruit, intermingled with cigar box and lead pencil shavings aromas. They require cellaring for at least 10 years.
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