Château Pichon-Baron 2023
Pauillac 2ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£617.00
/
Arriving: Spring 2026
Shipping duty paid to Mainland UK is charged at a flat rate of £9.99 per consignment and POA for Northern Ireland or Islands.
Shipping under bond is dependant on location, but starts at £15 per consignment.
| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: % | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2035 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2050 |
| Grapes: | |
Critic scores
97 RP, 95 NM, 97 AG, 98 JS, 96 JA
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Pichon-Longueville Baron has turned out impressively, revealing aromas of cassis, pencil shavings, violet, spices and smoldering embers, with new oak all but invisible. Medium- to full-bodied, deep and layered, it is beautifully balanced, built around a fleshy core of fruit and a concentrated mid-palate, framed by powdery tannins and concluding with a long, mineral and resonant finish. It achieves a rare synthesis of classical identity and seductive charm."
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Pichon Baron has a perfumed bouquet with iris flower-infused black fruit, background scents of orange pith, cedar and blueberry. Very pure and beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with very pliant tannins, crisp and quite linear, impressive mineralité with an almost understated finish if you compare it to the '22. Quintessential Pichon Baron and I would broach this before the '22."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Pichon Baron is a gorgeous, statuesque beauty, just as it was en primeur. Soaring aromatic top notes meld into a core of dark-hued fruit, gravel and new leather. This builds beautifully with time in the glass, showing notable resonance that really explodes on the back end. More than anything else, I am impressed with the precision and vertical energy that have become such an integral part of the wines here in recent years."
Antonio Galloni, March 2026, Vinous.com
"A rich and rather flamboyant Baron with plenty of tannic structure and intensity. It's full-bodied and layered with plenty of ripe fruit, but then it tightens at the end, with flavors of black currants, bark, flowers, dark tobacco, graphite and citrus acidity. Lively at the end. 80% cabernet sauvignon and 20% merlot. Best after 2029."
James Suckling, January 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Deep plum colour, full glass-staining character. A ton of graphite, damson and black chocolate, here you get the noble bitterness that is just perfect for a really sappy, balanced and vivid Pauillac, shot through with cocoa bean, cassis with a ton of ageing potential. I did not taste this En Primeur, so this is my first time in bottle. Tasted twice, thoroughly enjoyable."
Jane Anson, March 2026, JaneAnson.com
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Pichon Baron has a perfumed bouquet with iris flower-infused black fruit, background scents of orange pith, cedar and blueberry. Very pure and beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with very pliant tannins, crisp and quite linear, impressive mineralité with an almost understated finish if you compare it to the '22. Quintessential Pichon Baron and I would broach this before the '22."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Pichon Baron is a gorgeous, statuesque beauty, just as it was en primeur. Soaring aromatic top notes meld into a core of dark-hued fruit, gravel and new leather. This builds beautifully with time in the glass, showing notable resonance that really explodes on the back end. More than anything else, I am impressed with the precision and vertical energy that have become such an integral part of the wines here in recent years."
Antonio Galloni, March 2026, Vinous.com
"A rich and rather flamboyant Baron with plenty of tannic structure and intensity. It's full-bodied and layered with plenty of ripe fruit, but then it tightens at the end, with flavors of black currants, bark, flowers, dark tobacco, graphite and citrus acidity. Lively at the end. 80% cabernet sauvignon and 20% merlot. Best after 2029."
James Suckling, January 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Deep plum colour, full glass-staining character. A ton of graphite, damson and black chocolate, here you get the noble bitterness that is just perfect for a really sappy, balanced and vivid Pauillac, shot through with cocoa bean, cassis with a ton of ageing potential. I did not taste this En Primeur, so this is my first time in bottle. Tasted twice, thoroughly enjoyable."
Jane Anson, March 2026, JaneAnson.com