Made with a high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine offers dark tannins that give density and massive black fruits. With a magnificent combination of dark fruits and rich structure, it is set for long-term aging. Drink from 2028.

The flagship 2020 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron is pure gold a full-bodied rich powerful 2020 displaying the vintage's purity focus and structure front and center. A blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot its dense purple hue is followed by a mammoth-sized bouquet of cassis blackberries smoked earth graphite and cedar pencil. With ripe tannins a seamless layered mouthfeel and one heck of a finish it comes closest in my mind to the estate 2010 and I think is clearly in the same realm as the 1989 1990 2000 2009 2010 2015 and 2019. It offers pleasure today but it certainly warrants 7-8 years a decade if possible of bottle age and will have 40-50 years of overall longevity.

The 2020 Pichon Baron is every bit as magnificent as it was en primeur. A wine of vertical intensity and explosive power the 2020 offers up an exotic mix of dark red/black fruit espresso licorice menthol gravel and dried herbs. This potent driving Pauillac needs time to come together. It marries the fruit intensity of a warm year with the driving energy of a cool year. The 2020 is a gorgeous Pichon Baron. - By Antonio Galloni on December 2022

This has a very large-scaled yet properly proportioned core of cassis, plum and blackberry fruit flavors that are remarkably pure and focused. Buried deep within is a sleek, vibrant iron spine that drives the finish as the fruit keeps pace. Extra savory, tobacco and cedar nuances fill out all the remaining available space. A towering wine, with a buttoned-up feel. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2030 through 2045. 12,404 cases made.

The brilliant 2020 Pichon-Longueville Baron offers up inviting aromas of sweet berries and cassis mingled with pipe tobacco, loamy soil, pencil shavings and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, its velvety attack segues into a concentrated mid-palate that's framed by rich, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, vibrant finish. A blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Merlot, it's a true classic that's a touch less demonstrative out of the gates than the sensual 2019, but which in the fullness of time will prove every bit as good.