Les Griffons de Pichon Baron AOC Pauillac, 2017

A powerful wine with great breeding, it has aromas of coffee, toast, cedar, violets and blackcurrants. It is medium bodied with a pure linear structure and great depth with lots of ripe dark fruits, smoke and a long bitter chocolate finish. Made by the team at Château Pichon Baron, a Second Classed Growth in 1855, which is today a “super Second” nipping at the heels of the first growths. Les Griffons 2017 is a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon and 48% Merlot, grown on gravelly parcels close to the estuary and perfect to achieve maturity in Cabernet Sauvignon. It was matured for 18 months in barrel with 60% new oak and 40% second-use barrels.