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Wine Spectator Top 10 Bordeaux
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Hello,
Pauillac’s Château Pichon Longueville Baron is “clearly one of contemporary Bordeaux's greatest wines,” according to the Wine Advocate.
The estate, better known simply as Pichon Baron, borders Château Latour and offers the intensity, ageworthiness, and complexity that have made this corner of Bordeaux famous. Their 2020 is one of the best ever from the estate, landing in Wine Spectator’s Top 10 wines of the year and earning rave reviews across the board.
The warm 2020 vintage imbued this Super Second-Growth Pauillac with an extra layer of opulence. It boasts powerful fruit layered on top of a classically built structure—Vinous declared it “magnificent…It marries the fruit intensity of a warm year with the driving energy of a cool year.” Jeb Dunnuck declared it “pure gold” and praised its “mammoth-sized bouquet,” and James Suckling thinks “This could be the new 1990 or better.”
It’s a must have for Bordeaux-collectors, and the opulence of the year also makes it a perfect choice for Napa connoisseurs who want the absolute pinnacle of red wine—but who aren’t keen on spending $400+ on cult Cabernets. We have a tiny allocation, straight from Bordeaux, with perfect provenance. Shipping included on every order.
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Pichon Baron’s coveted terroir and name dates back to the legendary estate of Jacques de Pichon Longueville. The first President of Bordeaux’s Parliament, he received the property next to Château Latour as a dowry. It split into two upon his death in 1850, resulting in the twin Super Seconds of Pichon Baron and Lalande.
Ever since, Pichon Baron has been considered one of the finest wines in Bordeaux, notable for how it echoes neighboring Latour’s dark fruited, iron-structured power and remarkable ageability. For example, the 1989—now over 30 years old—is absolutely singing right now, and vintages from the mid- to late-90s are just hitting their stride.
Made from 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot, the 2020 was aged in 70% new French oak. Wine Enthusiast, in addition to bestowing the 98-point score, honored the ‘20 as a Cellar Selection—a fitting recognition for a wine that deserves a starring role in any collection.
We recommend that you cellar this wine for a decade or two for maximum enjoyment, but if you drink it young make sure to give it two hours—or even more—in a decanter.
On the nose, you’ll be rewarded with deep cassis and blackberry fruit accented by exotic spices, cigar box, graphite, and crushed stones. There’s a powerful intensity to the wine, and it demands—and seizes—your attention on the palate. With wave after wave of dark fruit, spice, toast, vanilla, and cacao all wrapped in super-fine firm tannins, it rewards as much attention as you can give it, revealing endless layers of complexity, more of which will continue to emerge with time.
We encourage you to buy all you can store and drink it as often as you like. Just make sure you have enough to last a quarter-century or more.
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Wine Access Tasting Note
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Dense, dark ruby in appearance, with lively tones of purple near the rim. Gorgeous, remarkably deep aromas of cassis, fresh blackberry, cedar, tobacco leaf, ripe plum, blueberry compote, exotic spice, blackcurrants, and crushed stone. On the palate, the wine is built on vibrant, fresh acidity and ripe, silky-smooth tannins. There are flavors of exuberantly fresh violets, fresh black cherries, graphite, field-ripened strawberries, and 85%-cocoa dark chocolate. This is truly one for the ages. Enjoy one now and one with your grandchildren. Drink 2026–2080.
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76% Cabernet Sauvignon,
24% Merlot
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Oak
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