It was certainly showing well when I stopped by the chateau in January. Hide bottles for another 4-5 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy bottles over the following 2-3 decades. Wine Advocat Parker: Deep garnet colored, the 2010 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande gives up notes of warm cassis, blueberry pie and kirsch with wafts. Administrator Christian Seeley thinks the 2010 is the greatest Pichon Longueville Baron he has ever made, equaling some of the estates colossal wines from vintages such as 19. Possessing full-bodied richness, a huge, unctuous mid-palate, and building tannin, it shows the purity, grandeur, and precision that makes this vintage so remarkable. This sensational Pichon Longueville Baron needs 5-6 years of cellaring, and should keep 30+ years.īorderline perfection in a bottle, the 2010 Pichon-Longueville Baron (79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot) boasts a saturated purple color as well as truly extraordinary aromatics of crème de cassis, licorice, crushed rock-like minerality, graphite, and spring flowers. Pichon-Longueville-Barons 73-hectare vineyard (70 Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 Merlot, and 5 Cabernet Franc, runs adjacent to that of Chteau Latour and lies on. The oak is clearly pushed to the background by the wine’s wealth of fruit, glycerin and full-bodied texture. Opaque purple, with loads of charcoal, licorice, incense and some exotic Asian spices along with abundant cassis liqueur, blackberry and hints of roasted coffee and spring flowers, it is full-bodied and opulent, with relatively high tannins, but they have sweetened up considerably and seem less aggressive than they did from barrel. 2010 Chteau Pichon-Longueville (Baron), Cru Class Pauillac. It was certainly showing well when I stopped by the chateau in January. Pichon-Longueville (Baron) is an historic Pauillac property. Pauillac sprawls over the land size of about 8.8 square miles, is highly optimised for wine production and accounts for a rather disproportionate amount of fine, expensive wine in Bordeaux.Administrator Christian Seeley thinks the 2010 is the greatest Pichon Longueville Baron he has ever made, equaling some of the estate’s colossal wines from vintages such as 19. Rated 97+ Points by Robert Parker Administrator Christian Seeley thinks the 2010 is the greatest Pichon Longueville Baron he has ever made, equaling some. Region Info/ Origin Pauillac is home to several of the world's most famous wine and the region lies in an inauspicious small village in Médoc. With a rigorous selection policy in the vineyard and in the cellars, the production of a Grand Vin Château Pichon Baron, has achieved an endearing reputation and continued the legacy in the same family for several generations. The producing region was classified as Second Cru Classé in 1855 and became one of the great historic vineyards of Bordeaux. Winery Info/ Brand The Pichon Baron estate was established in the late 17th Century, also known as the Grand Siècle, in reference to Louis XIV's succession to the French throne in 1661. Structured, backward and tannic, yet showing a fat mid-palate that is more savory, broader and more expansive. by Decanter, the 2010 Pichon Comtesse De.
Layers of blueberry, blackberry and boysenberry fruit cover the grip for now, but there's serious muscle for the longer haul, revealing a lingering pastis hint. 66 Cabernet Sauvignon, 24 Merlot, 7 Cabernet Franc, 3 Petit Verdot View winemaker website Ranked 100 pts. Description/ Tasting NotesRock-solid, with a classic Pauillac profile of cassis, iron and graphite.
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