Maceration lasted between 19 and 27 days. Temperatures were maintained at 27☌ to 29☌. Stringent plot selection was carried out with the emphasis on slow extraction, tailored to each terroir. The 2016 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron is beauty and is a blend of 85 Cabernet Sauvignon and 15 Merlot that was brought up in 80 new French oak.
This marks a change in the makeup of the vineyard with the addition of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot and an increase in the amount of Cabernet Sauvignon planted in the vineyard since the mid-1990s. 91 Points, Vinous The 2016 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is quite powerful. The balance between the polyphenols in the grapes resulted in powerful yet nicely-polished tannins, with plenty of personality. Château Pichon Baron Pauillac (Grand Cru Classé) 2016 Château Pichon Baron Pauillac (Grand Cru Classé) 2016 A Red wine from Médoc, Bordeaux, France. The 73 hectare vineyard of Chateau Pichon Baron is planted to 65 Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 Merlot, 3 Cabernet Franc and 2 Petit Verdot. The palate is fresh and gently muscular tannins serve this wine well. Plum, mocha, leather, spice and chocolate all build effortlessly. Sensual and super-expressive, with soft contours, silky tannins and exceptional finesse, Pichon Baron is one of the more accessible wines in its peer group today. Everything augured well for the harvest, with a reasonable yield, ideal weather, remarkable quality and no concerns with respect to the sanitary condition of the grapes. Antonio Galloni 96 Points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous: 'The 2016 Pichon Baron is seamless and racy from start to finish. These restrictive conditions favoured thickening of the skins and polyphenol concentration. PAUILLAC - 2nd GrowthThe 2016 Pichon-Longueville Baron is a blend of 85 Cabernet Sauvignon and 15 Merlot picked between 3 and 18 October at 39 hectoliters. There was very little rain up until the veraison. From mid-July, temperatures were close to seasonal averages. 2016 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron Pauillac Bordeaux France, wine tasting note, rating, blend, winemaking, vineyard, wine/food pairing, decanting, best price. Flowering took place in excellent conditions. A long, splendid Indian summer helped the grapes reach excellent ripeness levels. The 2016 vintage was marked by widely varying weather conditions with a cold, wet winter, a damp spring and a hot, dry summer.
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