Les Griffons de Pichon Baron, Pauillac, 2020

Name: Les Griffons de Pichon Baron, Pauillac
Brand: Château Pichon-Longueville
Price: 231.13 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2020 2022 2023

critic reviews

91/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2020 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron has an open-knit and expressive nose, a mixture of red and black fruit, quite elegant and developing appealing floral scents. The palate is medium-bodied, cohesive and persistent, with fleshy, ripe black fruit ad hints of white pepper. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2040

date of review 11/2024

91/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2020 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron has turned out nicely, offering up aromas of sweet cassis, berries, loamy soil and tobacco leaf. Medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, it's pure and more serious than the Tourelles, with a more Cabernet-driven personality (along with all the estate's Petit Verdot this year).

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2045

date of review 04/2023

92/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

A blend of 50% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Petit Verdot, the 2020 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is deep garnet-purple in color. It charges out with intense notes of juicy blackberries, blackcurrant pastilles, and cracked black pepper, leading to suggestions of wood smoke, black olives, and truffles. The medium-bodied palate is lively, with a remarkably fine-grained texture, finishing with compelling finesse.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2040

date of review 03/2023