Chateau Pichon-Baron, Pauillac, 2007 core-no-restrictions The 2022 vintage brings brightness

The 2022 vintage brings brightness and depth

Under the thoughtful hand of David Croix

This is your bottle

twelve months in French oak with just fifteen percent new wood—letting the fruit and farming speak rather than the barrel

Chateau Pichon-Baron, Pauillac, 2007 core-no-restrictions The 2022 vintage brings brightnessPichon Baron is one of the great 2nd Growths of Pauillac, owned by AXA Millsimes since 1987 and given decades of careful stewardship under Christian Seely (now AXA's overall director). 2007 was a difficult Bordeaux year wet, cool, demanding rigorous selection and even the top Pauillacs came out leaner than usual. But Pichon Baron has always made beautiful wine in tricky vintages: the estate's deep gravel terroir, its old vine Cabernet Sauvignon