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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 129 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by tannicity on 3/15/2024 & rated 88 points: Very Bordeaux style. Smooth and dark fruits , spicy . Pairs well with ginger and onions. Drank at taku. Dark red . Slightly chewy. (312 views) | | | Tasted by Hanz on 12/9/2023: Very drinkable, but past its prime. Fruit has receded, there's acidity left, not a lot of tannin. After opening, orange rims that turned brown within about one hour. (721 views) | | | Tasted by mandw on 10/13/2022: Thin and acidic. Maybe the next bottle will be better. (2057 views) | | | Tasted by Masterkim on 11/27/2021 & rated 94 points: Excellent. Fully mature. Decanted two hours. (2838 views) | | | Tasted by Escher Cellars on 7/23/2021 & rated 85 points: - Brick color - Far, far past its prime. Bought this just as a jewel to open, in honor of the Pichon. Rather than review its flaws, lets just bow our heads to a great vineyard and say thanks. Cheers. (3102 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 1/26/2021 & rated 90 points: Medium garnet colour. Dark fruit, cassis, dark cherry, floral notes, vegetal notes, cedar, leather, tobacco, graphite and complex spice notes, with good acidity, partly resolved tannin and good length. Only average concentration, but good balance and persistence. The wine greatly benefited from careful aeration, gained flesh and complexity, and grew on me over time. Much better than the vintage would suggest. Drink now. (4021 views) | | | Tasted by _water.into.wine_ on 6/18/2020 & rated 90 points: Served blind so I could not be influenced by the vintage. Drank alongside a Pichon Lalande 94. This was much more closed, tighter and structured. The Lalande was drinking much better, open and floral. I was shocked this was a 94 as I thought it was early 2000s. Make no mistake, this is a big wine. Lots of dark fruit, spice and pepper. Shared by ST (4137 views) | | | Tasted by Ballballsheep on 2/23/2020: Opened up in bottle around 2 hours. Classic Pauillac. (3430 views) | | | Tasted by no leashes on 11/10/2019 & rated 91 points: This wine is still at its peak maturity and drinking very well. (2879 views) | | | Tasted by Badfish on 6/16/2019: This is an awesome wine that drinks well above the reputation of the vintage. Quintessential Pauillac with pencil shavings, currant, flowers, and earth. The fruit is in great balance with the resolved tannins and supporting acidity. A complex classic Bordeaux that for my palate would put many modern wines to shame. I purchased this bottle on a whim in my early wine buying days and am so glad I did. (3347 views) | | | Tasted by Bcw1989 on 4/7/2019 & rated 89 points: Decanted after disintegrated cork. Opened up well and seemed to have loads of fruit and spice. Felt it had held up really well. Color was a garnet look with lots of legs. Decanted for about an hour. Initial pours into glasses was very promising. However, this wine fell off a cliff! Ten minutes later in the glass, wine became flat and very watery. Lost lots of its fruit and no tannins. Not unpleasant, just not as vibrant. However, several,at the party thought this wine was WOTN. Last bottle. (2839 views) | | | Tasted by s******n on 2/1/2019 & rated 91 points: - Direkt nach La Lagune 2005 probiert. Kann er noch sehr gut mithalten.
- Schlank. Rund. Integrierte Tannine. Moderate Frucht.
- Noch überhaupt nicht zu alt. Schön gereift.
- Besser als erwartet aus diesem Jahr. (2455 views) | | | Tasted by mary k on 1/13/2019 flawed bottle: Just OK. Drank in NY. (2056 views) | | | Tasted by Goldstone on 4/28/2018 & rated 89 points: Dinner at Limewood, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong (Limewood, The Pulse, 30 Beach Road, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong): Last of a case enjoyed over the past 8 years and the right time to drink it. Briefly double-decanted before taking to the restaurant. Still a bright, fresh-looking ruby semi-transparent colour. Textbook Pauillac nose of earth, cedar and still fresh-ish blackcurrent and blackberry fruit with some undercurrent asian dry powdered spices like cumin and cinnamon stick. Unfortunately the palate at this age is finally showing the weaknesses of the very wet vintage that the expert winemaking had masked for so many years. Not yet fully tertiary but showing a slight green stalkiness and not much in the way of length. But a fond farewell to a wine I have enjoyed a lot (although the 1994 Pontet Canet has always been the stand-out for this difficult Bordeaux vintage. (3144 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 11/19/2017 & rated 91 points: Brief note. PNP, tasted a small pour. Earthy, graphite, cassis, wood tones, medium plus body, solid. 91+pts. (3138 views) | | | Tasted by Galou on 11/19/2017: Ready . Great notes! Needs decanting (2800 views) | | | Tasted by pinotwok on 3/12/2017 & rated 87 points: Baut an der Luft noch aus, braucht gut eine Stunde. In der Nase diffus, rote Beeren, Sous-Bois, Pilze, ganz im Hintergrund etwas Graphit und Tabak. Am Gaumen eher schlank, von der Säure dominiert, rotfruchtig, dafür relativ lang im Abgang, aber leider gerade da unsauber. Unspektakulär und besser heute als morgen austrinken. (4190 views) | | | Tasted by gzim on 12/18/2016 & rated 88 points: Popped and poured. Only needed 20 minutes to open up to red berries, a light-sih ruby, with slight pencil shavings and cigar box. Very well proportioned, very nice balance, slightly quick on the finish.
Very pleasant to drink. (4375 views) | | | Tasted by PaulTallUK on 11/24/2016 & rated 85 points: The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are fast. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, raisin, meaty and tobacco. It tastes like blackberry, lead pencil, forest floor and mineral. The body is light/medium. The wine has angular texture. The wine finishes short. The wine has medium acidity. (3715 views) | | | Tasted by Rogershkg on 7/25/2016 & rated 92 points: Drinking really well. Nose cigar box and dark fruit. Colour deep red. Dark fruit on the palate with long taste (4174 views) | | | Tasted by no leashes on 6/20/2016 & rated 90 points: Cassis, cedar, mineral and earth flavors, well balanced and smooth. Very elegant and drinking nicely. (4209 views) | | | Tasted by Goldstone on 5/26/2016 & rated 91 points: Dinner at Seasons (Seasons By Olivier E., 3/F, Two Lee Gardens, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong): Briefly decanted and then drank over the next 3 hours alongside a Ch. Montelena 1994. Translucent ruby colour that is just turning to transparent. Nose is an immediate knife-edged definition and cut followed by well-delinated but restrained blackcurrant and blackberry fruit. Palate is clean, lean and very blackcurrant but showing the leanness of the thin wet year.....but this is more than made up for by the lovely light-headed resonance and reverberance. Ah, then it started to keep adding body and filling out more and more on the palate and getting more velvety. Unfortunately it ran out of steam after about 3 hours and the final glass was skinny and slightly oxidised. Definitely time to drink up......unlike the Ch. Montelena, which is still a baby.91+. (3426 views) | | | Tasted by Dancing with bottles on 1/17/2016 & rated 90 points: At last this wine shows it´s class. That was a harsh and unapproachable bastard for a long time. Still a bit on the tannic and austere side of a Grund Cru Medoc, the wine gains a nice body and weight, complexity, even charme (!) and elegance after 2-3 hours in a decanter. Restraint fruit but it´s all there: Cassis, Cedar box, pencil shavings etc. Nice length. Old School, not great but spotless.
Some people would say this wine calls for food (beef or lamb of course) but I love it just like it is.
I don´t think it will further improve because the fruit is rather muted and it loses a bit structure and mid palate after 4 hours decanting. So drink up without a hurry.
There´s still a chance to find this on Ebay or at auctions under 50 Euros. Grab it, if you want to taste the classic Medoc style. (3249 views) | | | Tasted by Falco203 on 9/15/2015 & rated 89 points: Garnett red beauty. Needed about an hour to open up. A great Bordeaux maker and a ok year but pleasant enough. Don't wait to drink. (3896 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 8/3/2014 & rated 88 points: Austere in style, the best part of the experience with its tobacco, truffle, cedar chest and red berry perfume, there is a noticeable green note and some dryness to the tannins on the finish. Drink up. This is not going to get any better with time. (6118 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Looking The Part: Pichon-Baron 1953 – 2015 (Jan 2019) (1/1/2019)
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Vinous, 1995 and 1994 Bordeaux (May 1996) (5/1/1996)
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Background: Pichon Longueville Baron stretches out on beautiful land with soil made of gravels from la Garonne river in the south of the appellation, on a plateau that serves as a transition between the commune of Pauillac and Saint-Julien. Planted with vines since the late seventeenth century, it became almost immediately famous. Produced by Jacques de Pichon Baron de Longueville, the wines of Pichon Baron were challenging the quality of those of Latour in the early eighteenth century. Promoted Second Cru Classé in 1855, the estate is divided for the inheritance, and the wines are vinified separately since 1860: Raoul, only surviving son of the Baron Joseph, takes the helm of the current Pichon Longueville Baron, often called "Pichon Baron," while his daughter Virginia, wife of Comte de Lalande, receives the other portion of the property, hence the name of her part : Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Pauillac Read more detailed information about Pauillac Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth.
Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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