Classic cedary nose and very fluid and juicy. Still dark blackish crimson core but a ruby rim. Tasted at the Pichon-Baron vertical at the château. Still a fabulous Pauillac after all these years. Wow! The palate is medium-bodied, delivering a mixture of red and black fruit, a fine mineral undercurrent and a long, precise finish: blackberry, cedar and graphite remain in the mouth for a good 60 seconds. The multidimensional bouquet features blackberry, graphite, cedar and mint flanked by iodine and warm gravel on a summer day. At 28 years old, it is still reveling in its precocious growing season. The 1990 Pichon-Baron is a sensational wine that must have had the First Growth rattled when it was released. Īnticipated maturity: 2017-2035 Vinous 96 I once wrote that Pichon Baron is better than many 1990 First Growth, and that is a statement I have no reason to change. It is a Pichon Baron that only knows how to give sophisticated drinking pleasure. Suffused with tension, it gains weight in the mouth toward the slightly tart finish. The palate is perfectly balanced, perhaps not as structured as it once showed since the tannins have mellowed, but what you get is a Pauillac relishing its secondary phase, which is almost Burgundy-like in terms of mouthfeel. You just want to become enveloped by these aromas. Now showing some bricking on the rim, the bouquet is utterly sublime, with red berries, cedar, touches of graphite, crushed rose petals and incense. Now at 27 years of age, it is clearly at its peak, and what a wondrous thing it is. The 1990 Pichon-Longueville Baron has always been one of my benchmark wines, one that never ceases to perform.
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