Château Pichon Baron

Terroir, Vineyards, and Location: Chateau Pichon Baron is located in Pauillac, Bordeaux and has a 73-hectare vineyard planted with 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. The vineyard is mostly deep gravel soil and is planted to a vine density of 9,000 vines per hectare. The estate is divided into 4 main blocks, which can be further subdivided into 70 different parcels. The terroir is mostly deep gravel, sand, and clay soils.

Wine Characters and Styles: Pichon Baron produces rich, full-bodied, spicy, concentrated, tannic, and elegant Bordeaux wines. They offer unique character and style, with complexities of cassis, cedar, tobacco, wet earth, and spice. As they mature, they take these complexities further. In the top vintages, the wines age and improve for decades.

Wine-Making Techniques: The wine is aged in an average of 80% new, French oak barrels for 18 months. The blend for Pichon Baron can also vary from vintage to vintage, with a greater emphasis placed on sorting in the vineyards using optical sorting technology. The grapes are sorted plot-by-plot and by grape variety as well. The wine is fermented in 44 stainless steel vats of varying sizes and 8 oak tanks, which range in size from 80 to 135 hectoliters. Malolactic fermentation takes place in the tank.

Best Vintages: Top vintages of Chateau Pichon Baron are 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1996, 1990, 1989, and 1961.

Best Storage and Serving Temperatures: The wine is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.

Decanting Time and Food Pairing: The wine is usually far too tannic, powerful, and backward during its youth. Young vintages can be decanted for an average of 3-6 hours, give or take. This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume. Chateau Pichon Baron is usually better with at least 15 years of bottle age and should reach peak maturity between 15 and 50 years of age after the vintage. Chateau Pichon Baron is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Pichon Baron is also good when matched with Asian dishes, and rich fish courses like tuna, salmon, mushrooms, and pasta.

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