Pichon-Longueville-Baron Pauillac 2019

100 points Roger Voss (Wine Enthusiast): "As always, it is the Cabernet Sauvignon that sings. It brings an impressive structure to the wine, rich tannins and powerful black fruits. The wine is set for aging. It shows all the power and the open quality of the vintage. Drink from 2027. Alcohol 14.5%. (Oct 2022)"

100 points Yohan Castaing (Decanter): "The bouquet enchants by its expression of pure, crunchy fruit and florality without a trace of oakiness despite barrel-aging with 80% new wood. Some touches of graphite and subtle spices come into the aromatic mix. On a par with the great 2016, this stunning wine has a palate that combines fleshy, velvety texture and linearity as well as remarkable length, and provides convincing testimony of the progress achieved by the estate’s technical team. Drinking Window: 2025-2070. (Dec 2021)"

99 points James Suckling: "Blackberries and blueberries with stone and graphite. Flint and black licorice, too. So perfumed. Full-bodied, very long and linear with incredible length. The new 1990, but better crafted. Chewy, yet so tailored and wonderfully proportioned. Freshness and elegance. Wonderful depth. 87% cabernet sauvignon rest merlot. The highest ever proportion of cabernet. Try after 2026. (12/5/22)"

98+ points Jeb Dunnuck: "Based on 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot raised in 80% new French oak, the 2019 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron is pure class and just a beautiful, seamless Pauillac that does everything right. Revealing a deep purple hue as well textbook notes of blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, freshly sharpened pencils, and liquid violets, it shows the more medium to full-bodied, elegant style of the vintage yet is brilliantly concentrated, has a supple, layered mouthfeel, ripe yet building tannins, and a great, great finish. It's more open and expressive than Mouton and shares plenty of similarities with Comtesse with its layered, supple, just perfectly balanced and classy style. It unquestionably already offers pleasure today (and it's a good time to try a bottle, as I wouldn't be surprised to see it close down), but it will need a decade to hit maturity and it will be a 50-year wine. Drink: 2032-2072. (4/11/22)"

98+ points Lisa Perrotti-Brown (The Wine Independent): "The 2019 Pichon Baron is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it needs a little swirling to unlock notions of warm cassis, black cherry preserves, blueberry compote, and violets with touches of licorice, mossy tree bark, tar, and cedar. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is firm and very finely grained with a fantastic, racy backbone, finishing long, lively, and fantastically pure. Alcohol 14.5%. Drink: 2026-2066. (5/9/22)"

98 points Jane Anson (Inside Bordeaux): "87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot. Highest proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon on record, a reflection of how exceptionally well this grape did in 2019. The aromatics are all-enveloping, powerful and nuanced and totally delicious, drawing you in and refusing to let go. Slate, pencil lead, cassis, damson, layer upon layer of brilliance, if not quite the over-aweing concentration and enveloping character of the 2016. 80% new oak. Drink: 2029-2048. (12/8/21)"

97+ points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2019 Pichon-Longueville Baron will go down as one of this château's great wines of the modern era, along with 2016, 2010 and 1989. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of cassis and plums mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, sweet loamy soil and violets, it's full-bodied, velvety and layered, with superb concentration, lively acids and rich, powdery tannins. Perfumed and resonant, this is a profound young Pauillac that bears more of a resemblance to its neighbor Château Latour than to Pichon Lalande this year. Pichon Baron was one of the great deals of the en primeur campaign, and readers who purchased futures are to be congratulated on their foresight. Drink: 2029-2065. (Apr 2022)"

97 points Wine Spectator: "Expressive and vibrant, with a cassis bush aroma that leaps to the forefront, followed quickly by sleek and dense black currant, black Mission fig and black cherry preserve flavors flanked by a racy graphite note. Shows a burst of sweet bay leaf and savory accents through the finish, as the fruit takes an encore before zooming off. A serious wine with a hint of bling. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2025 through 2045. (3/31/22)"

97 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The 2019 Pichon-Baron is magnificent. In fact, the 2019 is one of the very finest recent vintages I can remember tasting. Cabernet Sauvignon is the highest ever in the Grand Vin at 87%. That comes through in the wine's vibrancy, explosive power and overall profile. Dark cherry, plum, gravel, licorice and incense infuse the 2019 with tremendous depth to match its virile personality. Pichon-Baron was impressive from barrel and it is again today from bottle. Superb. Drink: 2034-2059. (Feb 2022)"

97 points Chris Kissack (Winedoctor): " A blend very strong on Cabernet Sauvignon here, at 87% of the blend, with 1% Merlot. Aromatically it has a certain elegance, with classic Cabernet-dominant aromas, led by crème cassis, perfumed damson, rose petals, white peach and smoke. The palate is fresh, poised, svelte, complete and balanced, with a very impressive and upright structure. Underpinning it is a ripe yet firm tannic frame, delicately draped with the dark fruits seen on the nose. An impressive wine, with piles of grip and a sinewy composition. The finish is just loaded with tannins, setting this up for the future, and yet right now it remains ripe, pointed and precise. Brilliantly done. The declared alcohol is 14.5%. (Dec 2021)"

97 points La Revue du Vin de France: "Tasted just after bottling, the 2019 is intense, powerful and at the same time graceful. Once again, this is a great, deep Pauillac, made for ageing. Admirable quality of tannins and persistence. (2022)"