Grands crus atlas
Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Château Pichon Baron, 2nd Grand Cru Classé in 1855, comes from the oldest vines of the
historic terroir of its estate. This authentic Pauillac offers an intense sensory experience of black fruit and spicy notes. Château Pichon Baron shows elegance, power and exceptional length on the palate. It improves year after year and can age for more than 40 years in the cellar.
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.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96-98 Wine Advocate | A dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched. | fiche · PDF |
| 2024 | 95-96 James Suckling | A rainy spring and a difficult flowering reduced the crop; the dry October saved fine, light, easy-drinking wines. | fiche · PDF |
| 2023 | 99 James Suckling | July mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022. | fiche · PDF |
| 2021 | 98 Vinous | Frost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant. | fiche · PDF |
| 2020 | 99 James Suckling | An early, hot year, with a harvest under pressure: a dense, juicy classic, ripe without heaviness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2019 | 98-99 James Suckling | A hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here. | fiche · PDF |
| 2018 | 98-99 James Suckling | After a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material. | fiche · PDF |
| 2017 | 95-96 James Suckling | April frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate. | fiche · PDF |
| 2016 | 100 Vinous | A very wet winter followed by a sun-drenched summer produced a rare balance, combining the depth of great years with genuine freshness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2015 | 98 Wine Enthusiast | A hot summer tempered by August rains gave expansive wines, with rounded tannins and generous fruit. | fiche · PDF |
| 2014 | 95 Wine Enthusiast | A gloomy summer redeemed by an Indian summer: the cabernets are radiant and the freshness is true to the Médoc. | fiche · PDF |
| 2013 | 94 Wine Enthusiast | Coulure, mildew, then rain during the harvest: a light vintage, ready to drink. | fiche · PDF |
| 2012 | 95 Wine Enthusiast | A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut. | fiche · PDF |
| 2011 | 95 Wine Enthusiast | A scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type. | fiche · PDF |
| 2010 | 97 Wine Enthusiast | A dry summer and cool nights concentrated small berries: a benchmark vintage, with dense tannins and a thirty-year aging potential. | fiche · PDF |
| 2009 | 96 James Suckling | A sun-drenched season from start to finish gave opulent, fleshy wines, immediately appealing yet built for the cellar. | fiche · PDF |
| 2008 | — | A bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision. | fiche · PDF |
| 2007 | — | A cool, wet summer demanded strict selection: light, delicious wines, to be drunk young. | fiche · PDF |
| 2006 | — | Rain at véraison followed by a dry September gave classic, balanced wines with fine freshness, without the density of 2005. | fiche · PDF |
| 2005 | 93 Vinous | Drought without any halt in ripening, together with cool nights, gave a legendary vintage: concentrated, with firm tannins and very long aging potential. | fiche · PDF |
| 2004 | — | High yields and a dry September gave a classic, unexaggerated vintage, straightforward, now at its peak. | fiche · PDF |
| 2003 | 95 James Suckling | The historic heatwave halted ripening in young vines: very ripe, low-acid wines, at their best in Saint-Estèphe, where the clays held on to freshness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2002 | — | A dry, bright October redeemed a mediocre summer: the Médoc's cabernets fared well, the merlots far less so. | fiche · PDF |
| 2000 | 92 Vinous | After a wet spring, a dry summer and a perfect September gave the decade's first great vintage: dense, complete, with very long aging potential. | fiche · PDF |
| 1996 | 96 Vinous | A dry, windy September saved the Médoc's cabernets: the cabernet vintage par excellence, structured and slow to open. | fiche · PDF |
| 1989 | — | The uninterrupted heat of the earliest season of the century gave ripe, fleshy wines, opulent for the time and early to reach maturity. | fiche · PDF |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
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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.
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