Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron - Pauillac 2018 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $210.00
| Producer | Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1005658 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Enthusiast: 100 Points
This great estate in southern Pauillac facing the Latour vineyard is at the top of its game. In this release the tannins are as impressive and dense as the black fruits. Together they form a harmonious ensemble richly structured concentrated from the many old vines in the blend and very ageworthy. Drink from 2027.
James Suckling: 97 Points
Aromas of blackcurrants blueberries ash and cedar with hints of conifer. Full-bodied yet so ti
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
A very polished and pure expression of Pauillac but don't go to sleep on it. As charming and vibrant as the cassis cherry preserve and blackberry paste flavors are they have a latent saturated feel. And then there's a serious network of iron girders supporting it all along with sweet tobacco floral and worn cedar accents. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2030 through 2050. ?J.M.
Jeb Dunnuck: 97+ Points
A beautiful majestic Pauillac that reminds me a little of the 2000 the 2018 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron checks in as 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot that was brought up in 80% new French oak. It shows the estate's more pure Cabernet focused elegant style yet offers full-bodied richness and serious depth of fruit as well as awesome notes of crème de cassis graphite lead pencil shavings tobacco and wet stone-like minerality. With building tannins a fresh focused texture and a great finish it's not for those looking for instant gratification and I suspect it will need a solid decade or more of cellaring but it will evolve for 50 years or more. It's a profound 2018.
vVinous: 97 Points
Suave and sophisticated the 2018 Pichon Baron is a real head-turner. Silky polished tannins wrap around a core of inky dark red/purplish berry fruit. More than anything else the 2018 impresses for its exceptional balance. All the elements are so impeccably balanced. That will make the 2018 easy to drink relatively early although my preference would be to leave it in the cellar for the better part of the next decade. Rose petal spice blood orange and mint add brightness and perfume on the long finely-knit finish. (Drink between 2030-2058)
Wine Advocate: 96+ Points
The 2018 Pichon-Longueville Baron is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot aged for 18 months in barriques 80% new and 20% one year old. Production of the grand vin represents 50% of the harvest this year. Deep garnet-purple colored the nose bursts from the glass with flamboyant scents of stewed black plums crème de cassis and Black Forest cake plus suggestions of Indian spices unsmoked cigars pencil shavings and espresso. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers impactful black fruit preserves and exotic spice layers framed by plush tannins and a lively backbone finishing long and spicy.
