![]() ![]() Over a few minutes, it blossoms in the glass, gaining more and more depth. The 2016 Pichon-Longueville Baron electrifies the olfactory sense with a stunning bouquet of intense blackberry, cedar and graphite aromas that are quintessential Pauillac. This fabulous wine will be relatively approachable in just 3-5 years but will age for 30 years or more. Full-bodied, fleshy and even a touch flamboyant, it has sweet tannins and a monster texture that coats the palate. Tasting like a hypothetical mix of the 20, its deep purple color is followed by a powerful yet sensationally pure bouquet of crème de cassis, blackberries, lead pencil shavings, and graphite, and is just about as quintessentially Pauillac as it gets. The 2016 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron is beauty and is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot that was brought up in 80% new French oak. Medium to full-bodied, firmly structured and packed with mineral and exotic spice-laced black fruits, it finishes very long with compelling herbal sparks. - Lisa Perotti-Brown, Wine Advocate 2016 PICHON BARON PLUSJames Sucklingĭeep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Pichon-Longueville Baron offers a suave and seductive nose of warm red and black currants, black plum preserves, truffles, tapenade and rose hip tea with touches of sandalwood and Chinese five spice plus a waft of iron ore. So fresh and vivacious, this is the greatest Pichon Baron since 1989 and has a long future. Fine and plush tannins stretch the palate in every direction. The palate has incredible depth, drive and detail. Espresso and cedar, as well as a slate-like, stony mineral edge add complexity. ![]() The concentration and largesse of the 2016 Pichon Baron is apparent from the get-go with incredibly alluring, ripe and expansive fruit aromas in the blackberry, dark-cherry, mulberry and plum zone. Magnificent wine. Drinking Window 2025 - 2070 - Yohan Costaing, Decanter The fine-grained tannins have the laser-like precision that Christian Seely likes so much, and contribute to the overall impression of crystalline purity so conducive to the terroir expression of this benchmark wine destined to reach new heights over the next 20 to 30 years. The palate combines fleshy texture and linearity. Pichon Baron 2016 is a riveting, classy wine, richly aromatic and expressive from the start with a complex bouquet of black cherry, liquorice, graphite, menthol and subtle spices. #38 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 ![]()
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