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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.8 pts. and median of 96 pts. in 30 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Romol on 3/10/2024 & rated 93 points: From a small bottle. Not decanted. Another great 2020 Bordeaux vintage. Full bodied, complex and with another 10 years in the cellar sure to be a great wine. 93 pts. at the moment. (2597 views) | | | Tasted by tcarter on 12/16/2023 & rated 96 points: Super approachable for a 2020. Sharper than the 2019. Double decanted and served 3 hours later. (2670 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 12/16/2023: Saturday Afternoon Bordeaux (K&L Wines, San Francisco): Incredible saturation and depth of color. Backward. Medium weight but powerful. Fluid blackberry and cedar. Surprisingly elegant and airy through the midpalate. Tremendous penetration and focus. Furry, dry, uncompromising finish. It opens up just enough to show its fantastic potential that won't be realized for decades. Stunning, classic Pauillac. (3415 views) | | | Tasted by WindFlyer on 12/16/2023: deep, dark purple. expansive nose of ripe cassis, cedar, graphite and liquorice. dry and very structured in the mouth, it broadens a bit in the mid-palate to expressive fruit with a spice streak. superb length with an agreeable sweet touch playing with mineral notes.
very good finesse to the power… and it should take about a decade to unwind those to an approachable stage. should be an outstanding wine.
76% Cab Sauv/ 24% Merlot; eighteen months in oak barrels (70% new, 30% second use) (2978 views) | | | Tasted by iBurg1229 on 12/16/2023 & rated 95 points: K&L Bordeaux Tasting: 14% ABV. Deep ruby appearance. Perfectly ripe black bramble fruits, charcoal, tobacco leaf, clove. Very deep pitch to the fruit. Medium density on the palate yet this packs big drive and concentration. Nice length of finish. Wonderful aciidty level given the density of the fruit. Tannins are still rounding into form. Great potential here. (3785 views) | | | Tasted by ylkim30 on 12/16/2023: K&L Grand Bordeaux Tasting: Getting lush, cassis aromas on the nose. Texturally this feels very silky with ripe, melty tannins. Palate is dark-fruited, but it is not over-the-top and there is some restraint. This is very tasty and elegant, and lacks the velvety plushness I get from a lot of '20 Bordeaux. (1489 views) | | | Tasted by Irish_Wine on 11/22/2023 & rated 95 points: Quite tight on the nose. Coaxing reveals layers of smoky blackcurrant, warm spices and cedar. Elegant but very structured on the palate. Will need a long time in the cellar but huge potential. (2971 views) | | | Tasted by Geerath on 10/13/2023: Going from brief notes; There’s a more baked quality to the fruit in the 2020 Pichon Baron compared to the sweet, balanced and immediately appealing 19 vintage, it showed more spicy tannins as well. This was quite full throttle and a more longer lived example with a touch of greenness perhaps underneath. I wouldn’t be approaching this for many years 2031+ (2492 views) | | | Tasted by Elpaninaro on 10/12/2023: deepish purple color, cassis, red plums and raspberry on the nose, notable oak, light bramble, on the palate a firm earth note, darker spectrum of fruit, tannins and oak a more overt presence, very good length and also very good balance- of late I have often found this wine over-oaked in recent vintages but the sheer power of 2020 reduces that risk greatly here.
[***+, 2040+] (2882 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 10/3/2023: From 375. Sampled over 3 days.
I really couldn't get a sense of this wine on the palate. On the nose it was expressive bouquet but on the palate, the finish was abrupt. I realize this is young. There is no doubt I just killed a young bottle. With that I'd be hard pressed to make much of this or buy based on this experience. I'll chalk this up to a learning experience.
There are plenty of more competent palates to weigh an opinion on but this is my take based on this sample.
Hold (3681 views) | | | Tasted by PlanetX on 6/10/2023 & rated 97 points: Union Grands Crus Bordeaux (UGC) 2020 Tasting (Hangar 14, Bordeaux): A wine that exudes class from start to finish. Clean, precise, concentrated but not heavy blue and black fruit wrapped in lovely tannin and acidity. A smooth ride where the finish starts at the beginning and never ends. (4628 views) | | | Tasted by merlotsmile on 5/23/2023: Bordeaux 23-05-23 (Left Bank): X (4366 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 3/21/2023 & rated 98 points: With an intensity of color that matches the intensity you taste, and feel, here you find a wine that coats your palate with its multiple layers of rich, dark, deep, black, and dark red fruits coupled with smoke, tobacco, Cuban cigars, spice, dark chocolate, and burning oak embers. This incredible wine is perfectly poised on the corner of power, and intensity with an almost, endless, seamless, regal, and refined finish. This is clearly going to be one of the all-time great vintages of Pichon Baron. Drink from 2028-2065. (5542 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 1/29/2023 & rated 97 points: A taste at the UGC yielded a near-identical tasting note to my encounter with this superb wine in 2021. This is sort of a modern version of the 1989 with its black fruit, coal, and inky nori. Clean, cool, deep - just thrilling. 96-98 (6284 views) | | | Tasted by Roger Patterson on 1/26/2023 & rated 90 points: Elevated aromatics of ripe raspberries and cassis, a little brett, cedar. Integrated tannins and well balanced (4411 views) | | | Tasted by vvWine.ch on 1/9/2023 & rated 97 points: (60 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 35 % Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot) Dunkelfruchtig, komplex, mit viel Mineralik, Rauch, Teer, Kräuter, Minze, Eukalyptus, Rauch, wow, eine tiefgründige Nase ist das. Der Gaumen ist kompakt, top strukturiert, ein Monument eines Weines, viel Druck und dabei hochelegant, feinste Gerbstoffe, saftige Frucht, sensationelle Säurestruktur, viel Länge. Riesiges Potential. Auf ein Duell Comtesse vs. Baron im Jahr 2050 freue ich mich - sofern ich dann noch lebe. 2030-2050+ (Verkostet am 8. November 2022 in Zürich) www.vvwine.ch (4162 views) | | | Tasted by wineforth on 11/14/2022 & rated 97 points: At a tasting of recently bottled 2020s. Old fashioned dark and tannic. Lovely nose, big bodied, with a very persistent finish. Will need at least 10 years before drinking. As a general observation of the vintage the c. £150+ wines are dark and tannic and will need a lot of time (except Comtesse) whereas the wines around £100 have plentiful yet soft tannins and a good fruit and balance. I prefer the latter style because wines blockbuster wines often fail to achieve harmony after a decade and sometimes never. No need to take the risk when there are wines like Leoville Barton at half the price. (3825 views) | | | Tasted by sirpat00 on 11/8/2022 & rated 95 points: Arvi Bordeaux 2020 Arrivage (Dolder Grand, Zurich): Bordeaux 2020 Arrivage tasting. Key observations: 1/ Tannins were generally soft and well-integrated, but still left room for structure, 2/ fruit generally ripe and well-defined, no over-extraction, 3/ all appellation were showing great, but if I had to pick out then it would be Paulliac, 4/ top wines were Petit Village (completely unexpected, 97) and Lynch Bages (96).
Tasting note:
Deep and concentrated with a dark berry fruit core extending into depths of dried herbs, black tea, bitter chocolate. Sparkled floral notes of violets and sweet spice. Lots of tension and even if this is brutally young, the structure was amazing with seamless tannin integration. (3715 views) | | | Tasted by wineforth on 3/16/2022 & rated 97 points: See 2019 (4712 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 9/14/2021 & rated 96 points: The 2020 Pichon Baron shows a rich, flattering nose, full of lush black fruit with touches of black licorice and ink. Dense and deep with a wonderful umami note, striking a fun contrast to the 2019.
95-98 points (10139 views) | | | Tasted by Mali on 6/21/2021 & rated 97 points: Wie immer einer der schönsten Cabernet Charaktere des Jahrgangs. Super Frucht mit saftigem Tannin und toller Transparenz. Frappierend frisch, zugleich gediegen, kraftvoll und elegant. Kraft ohne Anstrengung. Ewig lang und gaumenwässernd. Mehr davon! Es gibt kraftvollere Barons, aber selten so detaillierte. 96-98 (6348 views) | | | Tasted by vvWine.ch on 5/22/2021 & rated 97 points: 96-98 vvPunkte (60 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 35 % Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot) Anfangs minime Reduktion, öffnet sich rasch, tiefgründig und komplex, dunkle Frucht, Stein, Teer, Torf, Kräuterspeck, kalter Kamin, darüber Eukalyptus. Im Gaumen dicht, saftig, gradlinig, straff, ein Mund voll wein, dennoch frisch und saftig, sensationlle Säure, markante Gerbstoffe, diese sind von top Qualität, stützen die knackige Frucht, der Wein hat viel Zug und eine ausgezeichnete Länge. Grosser Baron. 20230-2050+ (April/Mai 2021) vvWine.ch (4802 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 5/20/2021 & rated 98 points: Richly colored with purple around the edges the wine struts its creme de cassis, tobacco, cigar box, earthy, forest floor and peppery spice nose with ease. On the palate the wine is round, polished, sweet, fresh, ripe, long and elegant. This is a refined, classic, potentially forward vintage of Pichon Baron that should start showing quite well with just a decade of aging. The wine was made from blending 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot, 13.6% ABV. Yields were only 33 hectoliters per hectare. 97-99 (5719 views) | | | Tasted by Peter Z. on 5/14/2021 & rated 96 points: Primeur sample (3173 views) | | | Tasted by WineTally on 5/4/2021: NOTABLE BARREL SAMPLES OF 2020 RED BORDEAUX; 4/27/2021-5/4/2021 (Hong Kong SAR China): 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot
from deep gravel, sand clay soils on the Pauillac plateau with old vines
of average age 65 yrs planted at 9,000/ha.
Fermentation by parcel and by varietal in 44 tanks (64-220HL) plus
8 oak vats (80-135HL) specifically for Merlot.
Malolactic in tank. Aging in ~80% new oak barrels for ~18 months.
Barrel sample presented in April 2021.
Ownership: AXA Millesimes (since 1987)
Managing Director: Christian Seely (since 2000)
A(ccuray)=2: Med deep ruby/red. Classic Pauillac bouquet.
B(alance)=3: Refined components with firm structure.
C(omplexity)=2: Dark berries, spices, cedar, tobacco.
D(epth)=2: Enticing mouthfeel. Full palate and hi-tone tapering finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2]= 9/10
Patience please.
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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
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"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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