Stays dark and tarry through the finish, with superb drive and verve. Pichon-Baron is a spectacular fairy tale chateau, classified in 1855 as a second growth, a Deuxième Grand Cru Classé (Second Growth). Solidly built, with a roasted edge to the steeped fig, blackberry and black currant flavors, quickly followed by brambly tannins and notes of bay leaf and espresso. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a firm backbone of grainy tannins and lovely freshness with bags of energetic black fruits and a long, wonderfully pure finish. Solidly structured, powerful and dense, with fruit promised for the future, it succeeds with its weight and great concentration.ĭeep garnet in color, the 2010 Pichon-Longueville Baron delivers expressive scents of baked black cherries, plum preserves and crème de cassis with hints of cedar chest and bouquet garni. It ranks with the 2009 and, with its tannins, is sure to age longer than that vintage. This is quintessential Pauillac, a great wine with its Cabernet proudly at the fore. Hide bottles for another 4-5 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy bottles over the following 2-3 decades. The Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron 2010 reveals in the glass an intense, dark red color with purple reflections. The 2010 vintage contains a blend of 71 Cabernet Sauvignon and 29 Merlot. Possessing full-bodied richness, a huge, unctuous mid-palate, and building tannin, it shows the purity, grandeur, and precision that makes this vintage so remarkable. The Chateau Pichon Baron 2010 bears the rich signature characteristics provided by the unique soils of Pichon-Longueville. Critical Acclaimīorderline perfection in a bottle, the 2010 Pichon-Longueville Baron (79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot) boasts a saturated purple color as well as truly extraordinary aromatics of crème de cassis, licorice, crushed rock-like minerality, graphite, and spring flowers. Exceptional length rounds off this wine’s superb expression. The dark color reflects the abundance of tannins, which are refined and fresh, invigorating and ultra-powerful but still charming and well balanced. Perfect end of the season weather did justice to this outstanding grape variety, revealing red and dark fruit followed by notes of liquorice, cocoa and rare spices.
#PICHON BARON 2010 FULL#
Whether you like it more or less will depend on your point of view, but this wine, unlike most Pichon Lalandes, needs a good 5-7 years of cellaring and should keep for 30+ years.This vintage takes full advantage of the complexity of these superb Cabernet terroirs. Full-bodied, impressively endowed, and less sexy and velvety than normal, this is a somewhat different style of Pichon Lalande than most readers have been used to. The nose is fresh, mineral, elegance, racy and offers a certain concentration. Structured, backward and tannic, yet showing a fat mid-palate that is more savory, broader and more expansive than I remember from barrel, this wine is somewhat reminiscent of the 1986, given the Cabernet Sauvignon domination of the blend. Chteau Pichon Baron 2010 Pauillac, Grand Cru Class.
A final blend dominated much more by Cabernet Sauvignon than usual (66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot), the wine is a tighter, more tannic and structured version of this famed Pauillac, which often tends to have more of a St-Julien-like personality than most Pauillacs. Wild strawberry, wild raspberry, blackberry. " The 2010 Pichon Lalande is performing extremely well and at the top of the range I predicted several years ago. Chteau Pichon Baron Pauillac 2010 Extremely charming red and yellow fruity nose. Rich and unctuous with lovely, juicy texture, another great success. Less opulent than the 2009 but with greater freshness and firmer, more tannic finish despite the higher proportion of merlot this year. Vineyards, located right next to the Gironde Estuary, cover 102ha and carefully selected fruit from over 70 plots make up the final wine. Since 2007, the chateau has been owned by the Louis Roederer champagne house and production is now organic/biodynamic. Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande, 2eme Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac, Bordeaux, 2010Ī blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot Pichon-Longueville-Baron wine is mouthfilling, with terrifically dense yet graceful layers of roasted coffee, warm fig sauce, currant preserves and Kenya AA coffee.
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