Pauillac · vintage 2021
Why this vintage
- 98/100 from Vinousand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2021 vintage in PauillacFrost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
Critic scores
- Vinous98
- James Suckling96-97
- Wine Enthusiast96
- Wine Advocate95
- Wine Spectator94
- Decanter90
The 2021 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 86/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pauillac. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
"Pichon Baron 2021 can lay claim to being one of the vintage's very great successes. And what a future lies ahead for this wine... it has all the elements needed for long ageing, for very long ageing!" - Yves Beck
Blend of the 2021 vintage
- 88 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 12 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 62 % cabernet sauvignon, 32 % merlot, 4 % cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Winemaking
Maceration temperatures ranged between 25 and 27°C. Extractions were
preferentially carried out at the height of fermentation, and daily tastings refined the length of post-fermentation maceration.
Ageing
70% in new barrels, 30% in one-wine barrels, for 18 months
Terroir
Overlooking the Latour vineyard, the 73 ha of Domaine de Pichon Baron extend over gravelly soils of very high quality. This unique land, low in nutrients and without excess water, sparingly feeds old vine stocks whose grape production is deliberately small but of exceptional nobility. This terroir is capable of producing extraordinary wines, which the property sets out to do with excellence and consistency, respecting the original history of this vineyard. Composed of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, the extensive Pichon Baron vineyard has been divided up into meticulously defined plots. The great 40 ha terroir of the Pichon Baron knoll is devoted solely to the production of the Grand Vin and today accounts for the greater part of its blend.
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Texts and documents 2021
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.