Pichon Baron - Pauillac (Futures) 2021 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $148.00
| Producer | Pichon Baron |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 1005878 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 96-97 Points
Blackcurrant blueberry violet and blackberry notes as well as plenty of spices. Medium to full body with plenty of richness and blackcurrant and ink character. Tar and graphite too. Precise and structured. Very Pichon Baron in nature here. 88% cabernet sauvignon.
Vinous: 95-97 Points
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Wine Advocate: 94-96+ Points
A brilliant achievement the 2021 Pichon-Longueville Baron opens in the glass with aromas of dark berries blackcurrants cigar wrapper loamy soil pencil shavings and licorice. Medium to full-bodied deep and layered it's concentrated and penetrating with terrific concentration and a beautifully refined classy profile. A blend of fully 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Merlot it represents the wine this great estate could have produced in 1996. One of the real successes of the vintage readers who overlook this wine will live to regret it.
Jane Anson: 94 Points
Gorgeous depth through the palate plenty of character enjoyable clear power to the well structured tannins. There is less density than the past three vintages of Pichon Baron but they focused instead savoury Cabernet-dominant fruits and added complexity by drawing out the fennel rosemary and pencil lead character that keeps us firmly in Pauillac. Highest level of Cabernet Sauvignon ever (just more than 2018) with 70% new oak for ageing. Harvest through to October 8.
twiThe Wine Independent: 90-92 Points
Deep garnet-purple in color the 2021 Pichon Baron needs a lot of swirling to conjure notes of ripe raspberries fresh boysenberries and cassis plus suggestions of tree bark violets and fertile loam with a hint of cardamom. Light-bodied the palate has a racy line and chewy tannins supporting the lithe electrically charged fruit finishing with compelling freshness. At 88% Cabernet Sauvignon to 12% Merlot this is the highest-ever proportion of Cabernet in the blend which will be aged for 18 months in French oak barrels 70% of them new.
