There is certainly a lot of unresolved new oak here and this certainly needs time with a slightly furry finish with notes of cedar and blackberry with just a touch of tar. The palate has good depth, nice grip but not over-bearing. Aromas of macerated black cherries, boysenberry and a touch of graphite but always remaining tight. This does not quite have the same lift on the nose as the Les Forts or Carruades but with aeration I am certain it would have offered more. The palate is full-bodied and “broader” that GPL, although it does not achieve the same ethereal sense of delineation.“ There is mint and dark berried fruit on the nose, a seam of graphite that becomes more pronounced with continued aeration.
This does not quite match the heady heights of Grand Puy Lacoste ’05, but Christian Seely has still overseen a magnificent Pauillac. „Tasted single blind at Farr’s 2005 dinner in Hong Kong. Yet I might just prefer the property over the road in this vintage.“ Yet there is immense length and persistence here, real depth and vigour on the muscular finish. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannin: more masculine than Pichon-Lalande, you could almost say more rustic. „The Château Pichon-Baron 2005 has a not dissimilar bouquet to the Pichon-Lalande with bright red and black fruit infused with cedar and violets, almost Margaux-like in character. This is a beauty and one of the most successful Pauillacs of this vintage.
2005 PICHON LALANDE FULL
„The 2005 Pichon Baron has a dense ruby/purple color, sweet crème de cassis fruit, lots of cedar wood and forest floor, medium to full body, ripe tannin, and a long finish of a good 30+ seconds.
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