96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2005 Pichon-Longueville Baron is another concentrated, full-bodied 2005 that’s starting to drink well. Cassis, black cherries, tobacco leaf, cedar and classic Pauillac lead-pencil characteristics all emerge from this ripe, sexy, surprisingly rounded effort that has a stacked mid-palate and sweet, polished tannin. It’s impressive today but is going to cruise for another two to three decades. Drink: 2017-2047. (Dec 2017)"
96 points Wine & Spirits: "Baron was trapped in its oak en primeur, seeming flashy, luscious and soft. Now bottled and shipped, it has the unremitting tannic power of the vintage, balanced by unrelenting purity of fruit that somehow manages to anesthetize the monstrous tannin, to soften the extremely dry, mineral-bound finish into a caress. The wine may be bombastic, but it's also succulent and as sweet as a ripe black raspberry. It's easy to imagine this wine 50 years from now, in impeccable condition. (Oct 2008)"
96 points Connoisseurs' Guide: "One of the most memorable bottlings of our tastings of the 2005 Bordeaux, this wonderfully extracted effort captures all of the complexity and very deep curranty fruit for which the Pauillac appellation is justly revered, and it does so with a remarkable sense of balance and keen composition. It is clearly not one for the impatient, and its ample tannin requires upward of a decade before taming comes, but there are no questions at all about the depth of its fruity substance and its admirable stuffing or about its extremely promising future. (Apr 2008)"
96 points Bettane & Desseauve's Guides to the Wines of France: "Great, racy nose of tobacco; ample body with very noble and frank texture, firm tannins. A very big Pauillac, a touch less voluptuous than Ponter-Canet. Drink: 2011 up to 2030. (2011)"
94 points Robert Parker: "As usual, this superb Pauillac possesses an inky/blue/black color in addition to a big, sweet nose of graphite, charcoal, burning embers, black currant liqueur, and toasty vanillin from new oak casks. Full-bodied with high but sweet, well-integrated tannins, the 2005 Pichon Baron is more backward than the blockbuster 2003 or prodigious 2000. Nevertheless, it is a superb effort whose power, length, and tannic structure suggest it should be at its peak between 2015-2035. (Apr 2008)"
17.5/20 points La Revue du Vin de France+: "A wine in the traditional style of the house, round, opulent, and suave. (Jan 2012)"
96 points Wine & Spirits: "Baron was trapped in its oak en primeur, seeming flashy, luscious and soft. Now bottled and shipped, it has the unremitting tannic power of the vintage, balanced by unrelenting purity of fruit that somehow manages to anesthetize the monstrous tannin, to soften the extremely dry, mineral-bound finish into a caress. The wine may be bombastic, but it's also succulent and as sweet as a ripe black raspberry. It's easy to imagine this wine 50 years from now, in impeccable condition. (Oct 2008)"
96 points Connoisseurs' Guide: "One of the most memorable bottlings of our tastings of the 2005 Bordeaux, this wonderfully extracted effort captures all of the complexity and very deep curranty fruit for which the Pauillac appellation is justly revered, and it does so with a remarkable sense of balance and keen composition. It is clearly not one for the impatient, and its ample tannin requires upward of a decade before taming comes, but there are no questions at all about the depth of its fruity substance and its admirable stuffing or about its extremely promising future. (Apr 2008)"
96 points Bettane & Desseauve's Guides to the Wines of France: "Great, racy nose of tobacco; ample body with very noble and frank texture, firm tannins. A very big Pauillac, a touch less voluptuous than Ponter-Canet. Drink: 2011 up to 2030. (2011)"
94 points Robert Parker: "As usual, this superb Pauillac possesses an inky/blue/black color in addition to a big, sweet nose of graphite, charcoal, burning embers, black currant liqueur, and toasty vanillin from new oak casks. Full-bodied with high but sweet, well-integrated tannins, the 2005 Pichon Baron is more backward than the blockbuster 2003 or prodigious 2000. Nevertheless, it is a superb effort whose power, length, and tannic structure suggest it should be at its peak between 2015-2035. (Apr 2008)"
17.5/20 points La Revue du Vin de France+: "A wine in the traditional style of the house, round, opulent, and suave. (Jan 2012)"
| Product SKU | 113685 |
| Producer | Pichon-Longueville-Baron |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
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