2001 Pichon BaronColour : Red Producer : Pichon Baron Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Pauillac Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2001 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : AG93 Vinous by Antonio Galloni Tasting Note : The 2001 Pichon Baron is a strong follow up to the 2000. It offers more brightness than the millennial, delivering more red fruit on the nose, plus copious raspberry and cranberry fruit mixed with pencil lead, smoke and veins of

mineral finish of great persistence

Full-bodied

Indian spices and cola

Harmonic with a long and permanent mouth Note: All images are for illustrative purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product

with lovely textural richness

cigar box and leather scents over a core of prunes

This is another excellent contribution to the vintage from the domaine

There is fine richness to the round and once again seductively textured medium weight flavors that possess seriously good complexity and impressive length on the ever-so-mildly rustic finale

the granite soils of the Les Bessards lieu-dit

this is a wine of outstanding relevance

and then matured in a combination of barriques and larger 20

dried cherry