Château PICHON BARON 2018

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Yves Beck 99 points www.yvesbeck.wine

Dégusté le 27.11.2020 par Yves Beck

78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot

Que de finesse, de subtilité dans ce bouquet. Il annonce bien son terroir avec des nuances de graphite, de cèdre, réglisse, tout en finesse. En bouche le vin affiche rapidement une notion de force tranquille. Il est fin, puissant, imposant et d’une exceptionnelle profondeur. Quelle trame, quelle subtilité, quel art de lier délicatesse, puissance et longueur.  2026-2048  

Jean-Marc Quarin 98 points www.quarin.com
Ma meilleure note donnée à ce cru en primeur à égalité avec le 2016. Couleur rouge, sombre, intense et belle. Nez intense, fin, fruité, puissant, profond et crémeux. Ample dès l’attaque et très pulpeux au développement, riche en milieu de bouche, puissant, aromatique, le vin se montre savoureux et gras, avec beaucoup de goût et une sensation veloutée étonnante. Grande saveur d’encre et de fruits noirs dans la persistance. C’est superbe. A l’instar du 2016, sa note pourrait monter en cours d’élevage. Très recommandé. Assemblage : 78 % cabernet sauvignon, 22 % merlot. Degré d’alcool : 14°1 (moyenne plus. A titre d’exemple, le 2016 faisait 13°3) – pH : 3,8 (moyenne plus) – IPT : 86 (moyenne plus). Rendement : 35 hl/ha. 

Lisa Perrotti-Brown 97-99 points www.erobertparker.com/
The 2018 Pichon-Longueville Baron is made up of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. The Merlot was harvested September 24-25, and the Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested October 3-10. The wine is to be aged 18 months in barriques, 80% new and 20% one year old, and production represents 50% of the harvest this year. Very deep purple-black colored, it begins a little coy, rolling slowly and languidly out of the glass with notions of baked raspberries, blueberry coulis, crème de cassis and incense plus nuances of lilacs, truffles, damp soil and garrigue with wafts of lavender and wild sage. Full-bodied, voluptuous and oh-so-seductive, the palate reveals layer upon layer of savory, earthy and black fruit preserves, framed by wonderfully ripe, velvety tannins and lovely freshness, finishing very long and perfumed. Beautiful.

Jane Anson  97 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 10 Nov 2020)
Grilled cedar and attractive aromatics, with well-handled extraction giving confident but unmistakable oak impact. This is good-quality, showing gentle raspberry leaf aromatics on the opening, savoury cassis and bilberry, with pencil lead and crayon appearing along with the tannins as it stretches out through the palate. There was one week less of maceration than normal, so 21 days instead of 28, which will have helped control extractions. 86IPT. Drinking Window 2028 – 2045

Antonio Galloni 94-97 points www.vinous.com/
Pichon Baron is exceptional in 2018. Pliant, silky and super-finessed, the 2018 has a level of textural finesse that really elevates the wine into Pauillac’s upper echelon. Ripe fruit and silky tannins give the 2018 much of its inimitable finesse. At the same time, the 2018 is bright, punchy and surprisingly fresh, not to mention absolutely impeccable in its balance. The blend is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot, while new oak is 80%.

Jeb Dunnuck 94-97 points www.jebdunnuck.com
The saturated purple-colored 2017 Pichon-Longueville Baron will compete with the best of the best in 2017. Possessing full-bodied notes of ripe blackberry and cassis fruit intermixed with background graphite and oak, it hits the palate with beautiful purity of fruit, building tannin, and a great, great finish. Its oak is brilliantly integrated, it has a stacked mid-palate, and again, just incredible purity of fruit. It has the fruit/texture to drink nicely in its youth yet deserves 4-6 years and will keep for two decades or more. The 2017 is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot aging in 80% new French oak, which accounts for only 50% of the total production.