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Château Pichon-Longueville Baron(2005)
- Winery:
- Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
- Varietal:
- Bordeaux Blend
- Region:
- France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Pauillac
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- berry, resinous, blackberry, oak - heavy, bramble fruits, color descriptors, lenoir grape, cellar, round, tobacco
- Wine Spectator
- 03/06
- 92/100
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May 2008
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Source:
Wine.com
- The Wine Advocate rating: 94
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Source:
Zachy's
- "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...92-94" WS 03/06
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Source:
Wine.com
- International Wine Cellar rating: 94
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August 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 Advocate Offers crushed currant and blackberry on the nose, turning to tar and licorice. Full-bodied, with a solid read more...
