Community Tasting Notes 7

• La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 22, 2023 - Pibran's 2018 offering is an opaque crimson blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon and 46% Merlot, aged for 18 month in French oak barriques (50% new). Loaded with black, blue and red fruit on both the nose and palate, it adds complementary notes of lavender, bittersweet chocolate, cedar and white pepper. Medium-to-full-bodied, fresh, seamlessly alcoholic (14%), judiciously oaked and with abundant fine-grained tannins, it stays dense on the mid-palate and concludes with a lengthy, albeit astringent finish. This begs for more time in the cellar, despite the fact that this particular bottle was decanted through a Vinturi aerator and given two hours thereafter to prove its worth. At this early stage it needs all the air it can get. Drink 2025-2038.

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• Dithiolium Likes this wine: 90 points

  October 31, 2022 - Deep dark red core. Fruit forward nose. Generous Dark berry fruit, cigar box, savoury, toasted. Firm tannin and acidity. Medium bodied.

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• shagopian87@gmail.com wrote: 99 points

  October 30, 2022 - Not a fan of the merlot. Won’t buy again. Coravin’d it.
  It’s young too.

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• GrapeScott wrote: 89 points

  February 17, 2022 - Not particularly good value @ $45, as I've had a lot better '18 BDX at or below this price point. For example, Ormes de Pez @$35 is a better wine. Brambly black fruit and licorice on the nose with some herbal notes. Rich and a bit smokey, with blueberry fruit. Somewhat nondescript, lacking body and a bit soft on finish, with hardly any tannin. Not very Pauillac.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 91 points

  March 9, 2021 - A solid candidate for the best vintage of Pibran ever produced, the ripeness of the vintage really shines here. This is all about the medium-bodied, round, soft, juicy, red cherries and cassis on the palate that is already so easy to enjoy, even at this young stage. Though, a bit of patience will add even more to this well-priced, charm-filled Pauillac.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Château Pibran
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac
• UPC Codes 3760020099169, 840877210603

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• Pending Delivery 12 (6%)
• In Cellars 171 (89%)
• Consumed 10 (5%)

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