2019 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

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96 Points

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - Gorgeous translucent purple in the glass, with aromas of creme de cassis, asian spices, violets, menthol and dank earth. Muscular, taut and impressive, this shines with rich and dense layers of dark fruit combined with excellent precision. All the earth and mineral driven components are there, along with huge, fine grained but gripping tannins that keep the flavor somewhat at bay. Super long finish. Had this PnP, and you can tell it's going to be shut down with some air. Needs to rest, but this will be excellent.

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Comment posted by Wine G:

9/22/2022 8:49:00 AM - Thanks for making the note and taking an early dive. I love real purple!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on my few... Cheers!
Comment posted by Cristal2000:

9/22/2022 9:52:00 AM - Thanks. I absolutely adore the 19 vintage from Bordeaux. This was fabulous!
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

9/22/2022 2:24:00 PM - Nice note Cristal. I am living through you as my ‘19s don’t arrive until late October. Keep up the good fight out there.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:

9/22/2022 3:33:00 PM - I'm doing it just for you LIOF.
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

9/22/2022 3:41:00 PM - And because of that, you are my man crush. What? I am easy- was in college and some things don’t change later in life… although who knew grapes would be more expensive than barley? Glad you are having fun on the Bordeaux train. It’s crazy how much more ‘affordable’ these really well made wines are than Napa. I know older wines aren’t your thing but it would be fun to taste you on the 2010 if you ever end up in AZ. We did a line up from 2000 - 2021 (broken up in two tastings at the chateau one 3 years ago 2000 - 2016 and this past trip 2015-2021).
Comment posted by Cristal2000:

9/22/2022 8:10:00 PM - I am totally polarized by BDX. I've had many older versions in great vintages I hate, like literally dirt water with lots of acidity. And then 2019 came around and I love this vintage. So I'm not sure what to make of it all, but certainly a big vertical would help set me straight. Don't get any ideas however - I don't give it up on the first date.
Comment posted by LiteItOnFire:

9/22/2022 8:31:00 PM - I don’t do dirt water, or fire water anymore for that matter. Book a date to skip over one state and let’s lite it up.
Comment posted by MJP Hou TX:

9/25/2022 5:29:00 AM - You guys need a private chat room!

I loaded up on 19's and this is one I bottling I skipped. Dammit man.