Pauillac 2019

Provenance

Single-Owner Private Collection

Critics Ratings

"Tasted blind. Quite an intriguing nose. Cool start and very resolved tannins. Fresh claret for drinking quite soon." - Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, 16.5/20 (Feb 2026)

"The 2019 Pichon-Longueville Baron will go down as one of this château's great wines of the modern era, along with 2016, 2010 and 1989. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of cassis and plums mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, sweet loamy soil and violets, it's full-bodied, velvety and layered, with superb concentration, lively acids and rich, powdery tannins. Perfumed and resonant, this is a profound young Pauillac that bears more of a resemblance to its neighbor Château Latour than to Pichon Lalande this year." - William Kelley, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97+/100 (Apr 2022)

"The 2019 Pichon Baron is quite closed on the nose, blackberry, bilberry and incense, with graphite and cedar developing with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, not quite as finessed as Pichon Lalande, but with great structure and density on the close. It needs a little more precision to develop on the finish but just give it time. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting." - Neal Martin, Vinous, 97/100 (Jan 2023)