In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Château Pichon Baron, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France. Second Growth • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2028–2065. 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.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 96–98/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 25/05/2021
The inky hued 2020 Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron checks in as a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot that spent 18 months in 70% new barrels. It's a dense, rich, powerful 2020 offering loads of pure cassis and almost blue fruits as well as full-bodied richness, a round, lush, incredibly sexy texture, sweet tannins, and ample classic Pauillac lead pencil, tobacco, and violet aromas an…
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 98/100 · Vinous, 23/02/2023 · Drink 2028-2050
The 2020 Pichon Baron is every bit as magnificent as it was en primeur. A wine of vertical intensity and explosive power, the 2020 offers up an exotic mix of dark red/black fruit, espresso, licorice, menthol, gravel and dried herbs. This potent, driving Pauillac needs time to come together. It marries the fruit intensity of a warm year with the driving energy of a cool year. The 2020 is a gorgeou…
Jane Anson (JA) — 96/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 22/12/2021 · Drink 2029-2064
Densely structured, with muscular tannins that confidently hold the cassis and blackberry fruits in check and load up on the Pauillac character. This is great quality, full of liquorice, gunpowder tea and grilled cocoa bean set against plump black fruits and a mouthwateringly fresh finish with eucalyptus and slate. Will be bottled in June 2020 (and go into vat a few months earlier), but will easi…