In Bond Fine Wine. 2018 Château Pichon Baron, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France. Second Growth • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2026+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Chateau Pichon Baron, a leading Second Growth in Pauillac, occupies a prime position next to Chateau Latour. Stylistically, Pichon Baron is known for its deep structure, muscular tannins, and brooding Cabernet Sauvignon core with classic Pauillac character - dark cassis, graphite, cedar, and tobacco. Pichon Baron is recognised as one of the most desirable and collectible wines outside the First Growths and a benchmark for serious, ageworthy Pauillac.
James Molesworth (JM) — 95–98/100 · Wine Spectator, 28/03/2019
Warm, dense and fleshy in feel, featuring cassis, plum and cherry compote flavors infused with tobacco and worn cedar details. Seriously long, with a well-buried iron note, though the purity of the fruit is the dominating feature overall. This cuts a pretty broad swath as it moves along. A big wine.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (LPB) — 97–99/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 23/04/2019
The 2018 Pichon-Longueville Baron is made up of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. The Merlot was harvested September 24-25, and the Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested October 3-10. The wine is to be aged 18 months in barriques, 80% new and 20% one year old, and production represents 50% of the harvest this year. Very deep purple-black colored, it begins a little coy, rolling slowly and languid…
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 97/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 22/07/2021 · Drink 2031 - 2081
A beautiful, majestic Pauillac that reminds me a little of the 2000, the 2018 Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron checks in as 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot that was brought up in 80% new French oak. It shows the estate's more pure Cabernet, focused, elegant style yet offers full-bodied richness and serious depth of fruit as well as awesome notes of creme de cassis, graphite, lead pencil sha…