![]() ![]() Rene Gabriel rates this wine 19/20 points. Reminding me of the 1990, the 2015 Chteau Pichon Baron is a sensational bottle of wine made from 80 Cabernet Sauvignon and 20 Merlot that spent 18. Until 3-4 months ago, the wine could have been purchased for. Still inky/blue/purple-tinged to the rim, it reveals an extraordinary bouquet of charcoal, incense, creme de cassis, blue and black fruits, and a hint of licorice as well as an impressively long finish. One of the finest values in top-class Bordeaux has been the 1990 Pichon-Longueville-Baron. This low acid, medium-bodied, charming, lush 1999 possesses good stuffing, ripe tannin, and a moderately long finish. Full-bodied, yet fine and sophisticated, with elegant tannins and a long finish. A remarkable vintage for Pichon Longueville Baron, 1990 is one of this estate’s two or three finest wines made in the last 40 years. The dark ruby/purple-colored Pichon Longueville Baron reveals aromas of charcoal, black currants, and sweet toasty oak. More tobacco and cedar character on the nose, with hints of ripe fruit. Still, the 1990 is full, rich, deep, long, expansive and combines power with lush characteristics. The 1990 can be drunk now as well as over the next 25+ years. WA 98 ' The 1990 Pichon-Longueville Baron has always been one of my benchmark wines, one that never ceases to perform. Ideally, readers should have both vintages in their cellars. It is far more fun to taste and drink (more hedonistic perhaps?) than the more structured, backward, yet exceptional 1989. On the palate, the wine offers sensational quantities of jammy fruit, glycerin, wood, and sweet tannin. It is equally concentrated, with a more evolved nose of cedar, black fruits, earth, minerals, and spices. The wine is opulent and flamboyant, with lower acidity, and noticeably less tannin than the 1989. The 1990 Pichon-Longueville-Baron exhibits more of the roasted overripeness of this vintage, but it manages to keep everything in perspective. Both the 19 vintages exhibit opaque, dense purple colors that suggest massive wines of considerable extraction and richness. I originally gave a one point preference to the 1989, and I am still convinced that ultimately that wine will last longer and hit a higher peak of pleasure than the 1990, but, wow, the 1990 is showing great. Until 3-4 months ago, the wine could have been purchased for under $400 a case, but that seems to have changed as the results of numerous tastings have pushed the price upward. One of the finest values in top-class Bordeaux has been the 1990 Pichon-Longueville-Baron. 1990 Chateau Pichon Baron 2eme Cru Classe Pauillac Future Arrival, case of 12 x 750ml. ![]()
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