Château Pichon Baron
Tom Cave, Cellar Plan Manager
Ch. Pichon-Longueville-Baron has really made the most of their great terroir in 2012, a theme of their wines for many years now. The best Merlot plots are found next to Ch. Latour and, while Cabernet Sauvignon dominates the blend, Merlot is a key component, providing elegance and freshness. It is a wine which should be welcome in every cellar.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 7cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 26cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 21cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 4cs
Bottle
£114.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Layered with terrific creamy notes, this wine lifts, lifts and lifts with each moment it sits on the palate. The generosity of fruit fills the finish and it combines beautifully with the spicy, toasty vanilla. There is some power here, but the structure is so sound, that it is felt but not forceful. The finish is prolonged and effortlessly enjoyable.
Blend: 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 14cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Jake Dean - Fine Wine Sales Director
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 5cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 8cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Philip Mouilin - Private Account Manager
Half-btl 24 x 37.5cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
When I first tasted Pichon-Baron from barrel, back in 2007, I thought it was undoubtedly a big and well-made wine, yet it had a slightly green edge to it. My caution was unfounded: the edges have now softened and it has evolved as a powerful and concentrated wine with a balanced, rich core of classic Pauillac fruit. This is proving as a very complete, well-rounded 2006.
Fine Wine Team This sexy Pichon-Baron is one of the best wines of 2006. Its stunning château may currently look like a building site (as they build new cellars and chais) but their 2006 has kept every bit of its fairytale charm. This has more than usual in the blend (70%, with 28% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc) bestowing the wine with an enormous concentration of seductive cassis fruit and classic yet generous elegance. This is incredibly sleek and velvety with firm tannins and a long, intense finish. Formidable!
Simon Staples, BBR Fine Wine Director – June 2007
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Hong Kong Fine Wine Team
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
Half-btl 24 x 37.5cl 1cs
Jancis Robinson - Bordeaux 2001s 10 years on - janicsrobinson.com - 30 Mar 2011
Medium to full-bodied, with notes of tobacco intermixed with espresso roast, chocolate, black cherry, and cassis fruit, this medium to full-bodied wine shows excellent density, good concentration, and a relatively soft finish. It is hardly a profound Pichon Baron, but it looks to have the potential to turn out to be outstanding.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Apr 2003
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 85%, Merlot 15%
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Jake Dean - Fine Wine Team
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron, a leading Pauillac 2éme Cru Classé estate, is one of Bordeaux's most illustrious "super seconds". In 1987 it was bought by the AXA Millésimes Group, who also own Cantenac-Brown, Petit-Village, Suduiraut.
AXA built a state of the art cuverie and chai at Pichon-Longueville Baron, while, in 2000, Christian Seely took over from Jean-Michel Cazesas as general manager. Pichon-Longueville-Baron's 73-hectare vineyard (70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, runs adjacent to that of Château Latour and lies on deep gravel beds.
The Cabernet-dominated Pichon-Longueville Baron is a more muscular, tannic and full-bodied wine than that of its neighbour across the road, Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. The grand vin is Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville. The second wine is Les Tourelles de Longueville, introduced with the 1986 vintage. The best examples of Pichon-Longueville Baron have layer upon layer of unctuous, vanilla-scented, blackcurrant and cassis fruit, intermingled with cigar box and lead pencil shavings aromas. They require cellaring for at least 10 years.