Les Griffons de Pichon Baron 2025
Pauillac
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£167.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.2% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: 62% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc | |
Critic scores
90-92 RP, 92-94 NM, 92-94 AG, 93-94 JD, 91-93 LPB, 94 JA, 94 DC, 93-95 JL, 91-93 DB, 94-96 YB
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron, a blend of 62% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc (50% new oak), reveals aromas of spice, dark berries, cedar and licorice, with well-integrated oak. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and structured, it’s built around a fleshy core of fruit framed by youthful tannins and concludes with a long, ethereal finish. It's a classical expression at this address, combining the brightness and density inherent to the vintage."
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is maturing in 50% new oak for a planned 15 months. This has a relatively light bouquet that unfolds in the glass, mainly black fruit, cracked black pepper, pencil shavings and bay leaf. Just a light briny sea spray scent sits in the back seat. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannins, fine acidity, gentle grip and a balanced, off-dry finish that lingers in the mouth. A step up from the previous vintage."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is absolutely gorgeous. Broad, ample and creamy in the glass, the 2025 is seriously beautiful right out of the gate. Black cherry, plum, new leather, licorice, incense and mocha flesh out the layers effortlessly. The blend is 62% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc, but the Cabernets really drive the flavor profile and structure. The Griffons might very well be the star of the show this year, given its quality and price. Élevage is projected to be 15 months, with 50% new wood."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"This is highly appealing, a little more Merlot in the blend and certainly it gives a ripe roundness but the location of these Merlots always adds structure also. Energy, black fruit, campfire, very enjoyable. 50% new oak. 3.67 pH."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Supple and so friendly and generous straight away, charming, fleshy and ripe, chewy even, but balanced by a really juicy, strawberry, red berry succulent and mouthwatering acidity. But ending on a flint, wet stone finish so you really get a three part wine here – chewy and upfront, bright and energetic and crisp and mineral. Cool, liquorice and cola too. Such great purity of fruit and detail on show. Texturally it’s great. Elegant."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pauillac; 34% Cabernet Sauvignon; 62% Merlot; 4% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 24 hl/ha; pH 3.67; 13.2% alcohol; tasted with Chrisian Seely at Pichon Baron). This contains all of the Pibran Merlot. It's a little darker in its fruit signature than Les Tourelles with the greater presence of stone fruit - damson and purple plum skins accompanying the brambles. It's succulent and intensely fresh but with more substance and not quite the delineation and crystallinity of Les Tourelles. In a way their styles seem to diverge more in this vintage and this is the more classical of the two. "
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is maturing in 50% new oak for a planned 15 months. This has a relatively light bouquet that unfolds in the glass, mainly black fruit, cracked black pepper, pencil shavings and bay leaf. Just a light briny sea spray scent sits in the back seat. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannins, fine acidity, gentle grip and a balanced, off-dry finish that lingers in the mouth. A step up from the previous vintage."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is absolutely gorgeous. Broad, ample and creamy in the glass, the 2025 is seriously beautiful right out of the gate. Black cherry, plum, new leather, licorice, incense and mocha flesh out the layers effortlessly. The blend is 62% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc, but the Cabernets really drive the flavor profile and structure. The Griffons might very well be the star of the show this year, given its quality and price. Élevage is projected to be 15 months, with 50% new wood."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"This is highly appealing, a little more Merlot in the blend and certainly it gives a ripe roundness but the location of these Merlots always adds structure also. Energy, black fruit, campfire, very enjoyable. 50% new oak. 3.67 pH."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Supple and so friendly and generous straight away, charming, fleshy and ripe, chewy even, but balanced by a really juicy, strawberry, red berry succulent and mouthwatering acidity. But ending on a flint, wet stone finish so you really get a three part wine here – chewy and upfront, bright and energetic and crisp and mineral. Cool, liquorice and cola too. Such great purity of fruit and detail on show. Texturally it’s great. Elegant."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pauillac; 34% Cabernet Sauvignon; 62% Merlot; 4% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 24 hl/ha; pH 3.67; 13.2% alcohol; tasted with Chrisian Seely at Pichon Baron). This contains all of the Pibran Merlot. It's a little darker in its fruit signature than Les Tourelles with the greater presence of stone fruit - damson and purple plum skins accompanying the brambles. It's succulent and intensely fresh but with more substance and not quite the delineation and crystallinity of Les Tourelles. In a way their styles seem to diverge more in this vintage and this is the more classical of the two. "
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com