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The laborious process of fining the wines. Bob and Christina Watt in the barrel room. We also saw they were cleaning empty barrels to prepare them for wine by burning sulfur in them – not a smell you want to spend a whole lot of time around, we assure you. There were workers that were fining the wine in the barrels, which consists of adding egg whites in order to facilitate the removal of particles of matter from the wine. When we were in the barrel room, we saw something we had only heard about but hadn’t seen yet. The property is currently managed by Englishman Christian Seely. In 1987 the estate was purchased by French insurance company AXA. In 1850 the estate was divided into the two current Pichon estates.

Our guide explained to us that Pichon Baron was once part of a larger estate, owned by Pierre de Rauzan, along with Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, the estate directly across the street. The barrel room sits beneath this structure – and the water! I have always loved the wines of Pichon Baron and it is not by chance that we have more Pichon Baron in the cellar than any other producer in Bordeaux. The wines of Pichon Baron are not known for being feminine or delicate, but with age you will get a lot of delicate secondary flavors to go with the big masculine fruit. The wines from Pichon Baron are big, powerful Cabernet-dominant wines with big meaty fruit flavors. Both the 19 wines from Pichon Baron are drinking very well at this point, with the 1989 even still being a little young in my opinion. Pichon Baron has been one of my long time favorites from Bordeaux, starting with their 1988 vintage. Pichon Baron was one of a small group of Bordeaux wines that is responsible for making me fall in love with the wines of Bordeaux.

We even stopped on the way back to our hotel one night after dinner to take pictures. We had driven by the estate a few times at this point, and it is by far one of the most spectacular Chateaux in the region. Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron in Pauillac was our first stop this morning and very highly anticipated.