Château Pibran

Château Pibran, Pauillac, 2022

Name: Château Pibran, Pauillac
Brand: Château Pibran
Price: 174 GBP

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

89-91/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

92/100

The Wine Independent

88/100

Vinous

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all 2022

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En primeur

2022
6x75cl
EP
£174.00

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of utmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

92/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

This is a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 55% Merlot. A really elegant nose for Pibran, with gently toasted red cherry and summer berry fruits, laced with scented crushed chalk. While the nose eases you in gently, the palate has energy and form, and a sense of classicism, leading to a finish lightly grained with tannin, but a good sense of drive and length, the palate tingling with pepper and smoke in the finish. This is a really elegant and impressive vintage for Pibran, despite the 14.5% declared on the label, and it comes in above my primeurs range.

drinking window 2026 - 2039

date of review 06/2025

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Good quality, perky dark fruits, liquorice and cranberry, touches of smoked caramel and espresso, this gives Pauillac signature in spades, while retaining the high spice and opulence of the vintage. 40% new oak for ageing.

drinking window 2026 - 2038

date of review 03/2025

88/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Pibran has a slightly showier bouquet than previous vintages, yet it feels more contained compared to its opulent showing from barrel. The palate is medium-bodied with a brisk, sharp entry and a sweet core of fruit that doesn't quite gel as harmoniously as I would like. Not bad, though it needs to temper its exuberance.

drinking window 2025 - 2035

date of review 02/2025

89-91/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Exhibiting aromas of dark berries, plums, petals and burning embers, the 2022 Pibran is medium to full-bodied, taut and lively, with bright acids and a chalky finish. It should flesh out nicely with further elevage.

date of review 04/2023

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.