Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron 2009

René Gabriel's review described a wine with a "velvety, dense, complex, creamy, sweet, finely opulent bouquet" featuring notes of cassis cream, black chocolate, flintstone, smoke, currants, dried fruits, caramel, and licorice. It has a concentrated, finely opulent, sweet palate with strong fruit, refined tannins, creamy structure, diverse dark aromatics, and a very long, opulent, sweet finish, intended to be enjoyed between 2019–2045. 

Jancis Robinson gave a Pichon Longueville Baron from Pauline an 18.5, noting its very dark purple color and massive yet beautifully constructed nature with lovely ripeness and structure, though contemplating if it is retreating into its shell slightly. 

The Wine Advocate awarded the same wine a score of 98, highlighting its intensely pure and flawlessly constructed nature, with extravagant layers of fruit and richness. An amazing opaque blue/purple color is followed by scents of spring flowers, graphite, smoky charcoal, incense, blackberries, blueberries, and hints of coffee and chocolate. The wine is projected to peak between 2018 and 2045. 

The Wine Cellar Insider praised the wine's layers of sweet, ripe, lush fruits, silky opulent tannins, and long, mouth-filling finish, giving it a 97. 

Antonio Galloni rated it 96, describing its saturated deep ruby-red color, ripe aromas and flavors of cassis, blueberry, licorice, bitter chocolate, espresso, and minerals, with remarkable plush yet powerful characteristics and a near-perfect sugar/acid balance. 

Wine Spectator gave a rating of 95 for its massive core of black Mission fig, black currant paste, and roasted fig fruit supported by alder wood, bay leaf, singed cedar and maduro tobacco. It projects the best tasting from 2013 through 2030. 

James Suckling gave it a 93, noting the presence of currants and crushed blackberries with hints of flowers on the nose, full-bodied yet refined and beautiful with polished tannins and a long finish, recommending to try after 2018.