Chateau Pichon Baron Pauillac 2006 NO20230809 Straw-yellow color with fresh floral

Straw-yellow color with fresh floral

Aromatic and ringing

Eighteen years in a Kentucky rickhouse—only a tiny fraction of Heaven Hill's millions of barrels survive that long without becoming over-oaked

three quite different corners of the zone

closer to a serious still white with bubbles than to an aperitif fizz

Chateau Pichon Baron Pauillac 2006 NO20230809 Straw-yellow color with fresh floralPichon Baron is a Pauillac Second Growth that has performed at First Growth level for much of the AXA Millsimes era. The 2006 vintage is one of the great classical Pauillacs of its decade: structured, cool, savory, with the kind of cassis and graphite spine that needed nearly two decades to unwind. Cabernet Sauvignon dominant with a generous Merlot fleshing out, it finally reads as fully mature without losing its tannic backbone. A textbook expression