Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron 2015

JEB DUNNUCK: "Reminding me of the 1990, the 2015 Château Pichon Baron is a sensational bottle of wine made from 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot that spent 18 months in 80% new French oak. Boasting a deep purple color as well as awesome notes of black raspberries, toasted spices, cassis, lead pencil shavings, tobacco leaf and building minerality, this full-bodied, concentrated 2015 has sweet tannin, a great texture, and a big, big finish. Pauillac all the way, with both opulence and finesse, forget bottles of 4-5 years and enjoy anytime over the following two to three decades. This is a match for the 2009, 2000, and 1990."

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "This is one of the great successes of this vintage. It is generous and rich while also solid and structured. The combination of the essence of black currant and the elegant tannic structure are superb. This is a wine for serious aging and the wine should not be broached before 2026."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Pichon-Longueville Baron is enticingly scented of chocolate-covered cherries, crushed red currants and mulberries with touches of baking spices, potpourri and bay leaves plus a hint of fallen leaves. Sumptuously elegant, refreshing and medium-bodied with gorgeous, expressive, perfumed red fruits and very fine, very firm tannins, it has a persistent, perfumed finish. Its remarkable intensity, freshness and very firm frame suggest a long-lived Pichon Baron, which should cellar gracefully for 30+ years."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Supple textured fruits are the first thing you notice. The dark berries have flesh, fabulous, softness texturally and you find the structure to age. There is length and complexity, which already shows signs of truffle, cigar wrapper, smoke, iron and wet earth. This will age and evolve for at least 3 decades or longer. In fact, you are going to need at least a decade or longer for this to soften, expand and develop additional nuances."

JAMES SUCKLING: "This is a muscular edition with attractive, deeply ripe blackberries and plums set amid firm and assertively linear tannins that hold the finish long and on point. Cool-fruited finish. There’s great potential here. Try this from 2023."

WEINWISSER: "77 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 23 % Merlot. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Für einen 2015er Pauillac zeigt er schon viel Power im Bouquet: reife Pflaumen mit feinen Röst- und Kräuternoten sowie dunkle Edelhölzer. Im Gaumen mittelgewichtig mit passender Adstringenz, noch leicht mürbe, zeigt extrahierte Tannine auf der Zunge und endet mit Lakritze, schwarzem Pfeffer und dezenten Trüffelnoten. Nicht zu unterschätzen. Kann noch zulegen."