Pichon-Longueville Baron - 2000 (750ml) Rappaport licorice and vanilla bean

licorice and vanilla bean

The palate is well-balanced with stem ginger and honeycomb on the entry

and black fruits intermixed with notions of spring flowers

There is real mineralite within this bouquet that

It should drink well for 12-15 years

Pichon-Longueville Baron - 2000 (750ml) Rappaport licorice and vanilla beanThis is one of the great wines of the vintage, and certainly a candidate for one of the finest wines made at this estate under the management of Christian Seeley and proprietor AXA. Showing incredibly well at two tastings of 2000s, the wine has a dense bluish purple color and a beautiful nose of incense, melted asphalt, and creme de cassis as well as hints of new saddle leather and licorice. It is superbly concentrated and very pure, with excellent