Château Pichon Longueville Baron, 2ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2023

Name: Château Pichon Longueville Baron, 2ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Pichon-Longueville
Price: 617 GBP

Available Vintages

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Pichon Baron is one of those chateaux that doesn't generally perform at barrel tastings, but always over delivers when in bottle. Composed from a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot from only the finest plots surrounding the chateau. There's lots of fragrance, but it's quite compote and lacking definition. The core is juicy and bright with good depth, again lacking the clarity of the best wines. Not the most precise flavours, but there's lots of density to the fruit, combined with touches of spice and flecks of graphite. The tannins are ripe, providing grip and impressive length. We're sure the best is yet to come from this high flying second growth.

critic reviews

95-97/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2023 Pichon Baron is deep garnet-purple in color. After a swirl or two, the nose erupts with classic scents of cassis, juicy plums, and redcurrant jelly followed by fragrant nuances of lilacs, camphor, and crushed rock plus a waft of wild thyme. The medium-bodied palate is tightly knit, with impressive tension and fine-grained tannins framing the black berry flavors accented by fragrant herbs and floral notes, finishing long and mineral-laced. The blend is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot, with pH 3.70. It is aging in oak barriques, 70% new.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2050

date of review 05/2024

94-96/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Pichon Baron was picked September 12 until October 4 and matured in 70% new oak. Now, this is a conspicuous level up over the Les Griffons. Perhaps the quality of the Cabernet Sauvignon, comprising 80% of the blend, exaggerates the difference between the two cuvées. It seems to gain intensity with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins that frame the graphite-infused black fruit. It’s very focused, fresh and quite sapid in the mouth, with a subtle strictness that codifies this as Pichon Baron. The 2023 is a quintessential Pauillac that will age gracefully over the next 30 or 40 years. It reminds me a little of the 2019. Classic "P.B."

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2060

date of review 04/2024

95-97/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot, the 2023 Pichon-Longueville Baron is a terrific effort from this estate, unwinding in the glass with aromas of creme de cassis, dark berries, pencil shavings, cigar wrapper, violets and burning embers. Medium to full-bodied, layered and textural, it's deep and concentrated, with sweet structuring tannins and a long, resonant finish. The charm and vibrancy of the vintage lends this considerable appeal, without effacing Pichon Baron's more serious, Cabernet-driven personality.

date of review 04/2024