The 2018 Pichon Baron is a powerful and elegant wine with a deep garnet color and a complex aromatic profile, featuring blackberries, blackcurrants, spices, and a hint of espresso. Its full-bodied palate is structured with refined, silky tannins and vibrant fruit, offering layers of flavor and a long, spicy finish. This wine’s richness and complexity make it built for long-term aging, and it promises to evolve beautifully over the decades to come.

Wine Enthusiast | WE 100
Published: Mar, 2021

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

Decanter | D 99
Published: Dec, 2021
Drink: 2025-2070

Generous aromatics of dark berry fruit, caramel, and spice are clear indicators of a warm vintage, but there are also floral notes and no heaviness whatsoever. There is juicy, savoury substance on the palate, sustained by gossamer tannins of surprising delicacy, but lurking underneath is the power so characteristic of this vintage. A few years of cellaring will be needed for the terroir expression to hit its stride.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 14.10%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon 22% Merlot

Jamessuckling,com | JS 97
Published: Jan 27, 2021

Aromas of blackcurrants, blueberries, ash and cedar with hints of conifer. Full-bodied, yet so tight and refined with polished, toned tannins that are creamy and compact with a silky texture. Energetic and driven. Try after 2026.

The Wine Advocate | RP 96+
Published: Mar 31, 2021
Drink: 2025-2050

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.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 18
Published: Mar 27, 2023
Drink: 2032-2050

78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot. Aged 18 months in oak barrels (80% new).
Deep crimson hue. Big and intense on the nose – bit of a bottomless pit. Enormous weight and volume on the palate. Layers of fruit with powerful but polished tannins. Persistence on the finish. Overwhelming at present but clearly for the long haul. 

Pichonbaron.com

Château Pichon Baron 2018 reveals a dark garnet colour. The precise and delicate nose offers notes of fresh fruit, black berries and spices. The attack is mellow, generous, rounded and juicy, developing powerful, well-blended tannins. The body is structured with silky, racy tannins. The flavour is carried by the structure, which preserves the mid-palate. The finish is tasty, full, fleshy, and harmonious.
The richness is perfectly integrated and the style is highly characteristic, built to last through the decades, while retaining elegance and distinction.

Jean-René Matignon - Technical Director - July 2020
Bottling date: June 10th 2020

Blend
Cabernet sauvignon 78%, Merlot 22%

Ageing
80% in new barrels, 20% from barrels of one vintage for 18 months