Pichon Baron - Château Pichon Longueville - Pauillac 2005

Decanter.com

95 / 100

par Stephen Brook le 15/11/2017

Weeks of sunshine preceded an entirely healthy harvest, leading to high expectations that have been fulfilled. This is still opaque red in colour, the resplendent black-fruit nose accompanied by toasty oak, though still a bit reserved. Very rich and velvety, it is highly concentrated with lavish tannins. Broad-shouldered and chocolatey, it has moderate acidity and is now beginning to open up, though it remains imposing and a bit monumental. Textured and long.

Wine Advocate

93 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/06/2015

The 2005 Pichon Baron has a dense ruby/purple color, sweet crème de cassis fruit, lots of cedar wood and forest floor, medium to full body, ripe tannin, and a long finish of a good 30+ seconds. This is a beauty and one of the most successful Pauillacs of this vintage. Drink it now through 2035.

Jancis Robinson

17,5 / 20

par Jancis Robinson le 09/02/2015

Dark crimson. A much more substantial nose than the Pichon Lalande. Polished and with fruit overwhelming the tannic charge. Rather racy and flattering. Very dry, savoury finish. 13.5% Drink 2020-2040(17.5+)

La Revue du Vin de France

18 / 20

le 20/10/2014

Nul doute que ce vin sera l'une des légendes du cru. Il confirme ses immenses dispositions, avec une bouche à la fois profonde et très raffinée. Droit et classiquement pauillacais dans sa structure, ce vin termine sur une touche de fraîcheur mentholée bienvenue. Complet et profond.

Wine Advocate

94 / 100

par Neal Martin le 12/06/2009

Tasted single blind at Southwold. This does not quite have the same lift on the nose as the Les Forts or Carruades but with aeration I am certain it would have offered more. Aromas of macerated black cherries, boysenberry and a touch of graphite but always remaining tight. The palate has good depth, nice grip but not over-bearing. There is certainly a lot of unresolved new oak here and this certainly needs time with a slightly furry finish with notes of cedar and blackberry with just a touch of tar. Brooding intensity – one for the cellar (perhaps akin to the ’90?) Drink 2015-2030+. Tasted January 2009. 94+

Decanter Magazine

5 / 5

le 13/10/2008

Rich, seductive, spicy, exotic, masses of ripe fruits. Full and rich, quite smokey, exotic, seductive, but also with tremendous power. Richness and length. From 2017.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

94 / 100

par Stephen Tanzer le 30/06/2008

Dark red-ruby. Multidimensional nose offers deep aromas of currant, cedar, coffee, tobacco and minerals. The palate offers a rare combination of sweetness, energy and depth, with superb grip and a layered texture to the flavors of plum, cedar, tobacco and minerals. The finish features sweet, noble tannins and outstanding length. I find this more complete and ultimately more exciting than the 2003, but this will need at least a decade of cellaring. (The 2006 was in the middle of a racking and difficult to taste, but this wine conveyed the same impression of ripeness, energy and structure that my sample did last spring.)

Wine Advocate

94 / 100

par Robert Parker le 07/05/2008

As usual, this superb Pauillac possesses an inky/blue/black color in addition to a big, sweet nose of graphite, charcoal, burning embers, black currant liqueur, and toasty vanillin from new oak casks. Full-bodied with high but sweet, well-integrated tannins, the 2005 Pichon Baron is more backward than the blockbuster 2003 or prodigious 2000. Nevertheless, it is a superb effort whose power, length, and tannic structure suggest it should be at its peak between 2015-2035.

Wine Spectator

94 / 100

par James Suckling le 22/02/2008

La Revue du Vin de France

18.50 / 20

le 30/11/2007

Grande expression fruitée et magnifique équilibre. Un vin riche mais frais et structuré, aux tanins racés et nobles.

Jancis Robinson

17.50 / 20

par Jancis Robinson le 21/11/2007

Perfumed red and black fruit, smoky but not closed. Cool silky fresh tannins. Delicious.

Wine Advocate

92-95 / 100

par Robert Parker le 04/05/2007

A deep blue/purple color is followed by classic, sweet aromas of blueberries, creme de cassis, graphite, incense, spring flowers, and toasty vanillin from new oak. With full body and beautiful ripeness, purity, and depth, this atypically precocious 2005 will benefit from 6-8 years of bottle age, and last for 25-30 years. It is dramatically superior to its across the road neighbor, Pichon Lalande.

La Revue du Vin de France

4-5 / 5

le 01/06/2006

La droiture des cabernets va bien à ce vin un peu strict, mais profond. Archétype du grand Pauillac, il vieillira à la perfection.

Le Point

18.50-19 / 20

par Jacques Dupont le 11/05/2006

Fruits noirs, épices douces, bouche tendue, attaque fine, serrée, le vin prend du large ensuite, des tannins mûrs, fermés mais bien développés, un style Pauillac bien affirmé et de très grande classe.

Wine Advocate

92-95 / 100

par Robert Parker le 01/05/2006

Yield of 35 hectoliters per hectare and a final blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc have produced a black/purple-colored 2005 boasting gorgeous intensity as well as sweet, classic creme de cassis notes interwoven with incense, camphor, and graphite. Powerful and full-bodied with abundant glycerin, high tannin, endearing freshness and sweetness, and a long, 45-second finish, this hefty (13.6% alcohol) Pauillac should be at its finest between 2012-2030+.

Jancis Robinson

17 / 20

par Jancis Robinson le 28/04/2006

Deep healthy crimson. Mellow, mild, very sophisticated nose. Still extremely reticent and very dry and gentleman's club-like savoury with what tastes like an exceptionally heavy charge of tannins. Oddly this is almost in the traditional Latour style just as Latour has moved on from it to add extra fruit to that slightly austere frameword. A very long term proposition surely. I think my mark stands for how it tastes now, although it may well develop in the very long term into something much more alluring. Drink 2018-30. 17+

TAST

18 / 20

le 24/04/2006

Un excellent Pichon-Longueville, dans la lignée du 2000: robe de bonne intensité, joli fruit, bouche souplement construite mais avec de la force, énergie, tanin solide et fin, allonge épicée.

Wine Spectator

92-94 / 100

par James Suckling le 28/03/2006

Lovely blackberry and toasted oak character follows through to a full-bodied palate, with round and juicy tannins and a long, very fruity finish. Yummy. Not sure this is up to 2003, but clearly outstanding. —J.S.