Thanks to firm, strong skins, phenolic maturity progressed without risk of over-ripening. On the whole, maturity was very consistent. The skins grew finer and flavours became more expressive. Stormy periods in August and September boosted ripening. In these ideal conditions, targeted thinning was carried out early in order to encourage the assimilation of compounds essential to ensuring perfect ripening.ĭuring the last days of July, still dry and hot, the first grapes started to change colour. The first significant water stress then helped the skins to thicken and led to early ripening of the grapes. 0 of 5 points is the average score of this red according to Drinks&Co users. Fixed Delivery Fee of 7 Delivery 24/48H Gift. Summer pruning began with leaf and shoot thinning in June and July in order to make the most of this favourable microclimate. The Château Pichon Baron Château Pichon Longueville Baron 2015 (£210.76) is a red wine from Bordeaux produced by Château Pichon Baron with 2015 grapes. Bottles of Chteau Pichon Longueville Baron 2015 in Stock and available for purchase at the best Price. Summer started with warm and sometimes scorchingly hot dry weather. Thanks to stable weather conditions with very constant temperatures, fruit set accelerated in mid-June. Consistent bud break took place in the second half of April.įlowering started at the end of May. Give another year in barrel, the wines should gain more fruit complexity and volume. The wines are generally expressive and generous with marvellous concentration and structure. Good weight and concentration, it is impecably balanced with a firm structure. 2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 20. Winter rain helped to replenish the water table satisfactorily. Medium-bodied,it is rich with a solid core of ripe vibrant fresh fruit. During the 1980s there were signs of recovery but not at the same speed as with many other properties during this time and certainly nowhere near that of Pichon-Lalande that had prospered enormously under the care of May de Lencquesaing to become one of the first "Super-seconds". His eldest son Bertrand was still young and inexperienced and there was a lack of money for necessary investments leading to a decline in quality of the wines during the 1960s and 1970s. But on the death of Jean Bouteillier in 1961 its reputation began to sink. The palate is rich and dense, a deep core of black fruit. Deep purple colour with a brooding nose of intense black fruit and sweet crme de cassis, offset with high tones of cedar and pencil shavings. The reputation of Pichon Baron until the 1960s was superior to that of Pichon Lalande across the road, it was also placed above Pichon Lalande in the Classification of 1855. The 2015 Pichon Baron is a strongly Cabernet Sauvignon wine - 77 of the blend - and represents around 43 of the vineyard's total production.
It is a wine that improves year after year and can age for over 40 years in the cellar. Château Pichon Baron exhibits elegance, intensity and exceptional length on the palate. They require cellaring for at least 10 years.Our Grand Vin Château Pichon Baron, classified as a 2nd Grand Cru Classé in 1855, is made with grapes from the oldest vines on the estate’s historic plots.This quintessential Pauillac offers an intense and profound sensory experience of great complexity. The best examples of Pichon-Longueville Baron have layer upon layer of unctuous, vanilla-scented, blackcurrant and cassis fruit, intermingled with cigar box and lead pencil shavings aromas. The second wine is Les Tourelles de Longueville, introduced with the 1986 vintage. The grand vin is Chateau Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville. The Cabernet-dominated Pichon-Longueville Baron is a more muscular, tannic and full-bodied wine than that of its neighbour across the road, Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. Pichon-Longueville-Baron's 73-hectare vineyard (70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, runs adjacent to that of Château Latour and lies on deep gravel beds. In 1987 it was bought by the AXA Millésimes Group, who also own Cantenac-Brown, Petit-Village, Suduiraut.ĪXA built a state of the art cuverie and chai at Pichon-Longueville Baron, while, in 2000, Christian Seely took over from Jean-Michel Cazesas as general manager. Château Pichon-Longueville Baron, a leading Pauillac 2éme Cru Classé estate, is one of Bordeaux's most illustrious "super seconds".
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