Château PIBRAN
Red
- 2018
- Pauillac
Ideally located on the Mouton plateau, next to prestigious crus classés such as d'Armailhac, Clerc-Milon and Pontet-Canet, Pibran is owned by the insurance company AXA and benefits from the expertise of the technical team of Pichon-Baron (same owner). There are only a few unclassified wines left in Pauillac, and Pibran is by far the best of them!
The 2018 vintage in the press:
Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 93/100 “The 2018 Pibran is fabulous, just as it was en primeur. Juicy, rich and expansive in this vintage, the Pibran offers tremendous richness and verve. It is also delicious and shameless."
- To keep or to drink :
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée :
- 2025-2040
- Potential alcohol :
- 13.5%
From the same producer
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In the commune of Preignac, Suduiraut offers a wine that reflects its geographical position: halfway between Sauternes and Barsac. The latest vintages are dazzling in terms of contained power and aromatic distinction.
According to Bettane & Desseauve (Guide 2025), “Yquem is the only wine that can still do a little better”.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 95/100 “the 2020, pure, ample, deep, deploying the characteristic foundation of the cru but more compact in the expression of its form as well as its aromas.”
La Revue du Vin de France (December 2023) : 97/100 “The 2020 flirts with exotic, lychee-like fruit. Sweet, unctuous yet full-bodied and energetic, it has abundant liqueur but is perfectly assimilated into an elegant, deep body. A pure delight.”
Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024) : 93/100
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2023-2045
- Potential alcohol:
- 14%
- Blend:
- 100% Sémillon
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In the commune of Preignac, Suduiraut offers a wine that reflects its geographical position: halfway between Sauternes and Barsac. The latest vintages are dazzling in terms of contained power and aromatic distinction.
According to Bettane & Desseauve (Guide 2025), “Yquem is the only wine that can still do a little better”.
The 2019 vintage in the press:
Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 94/100
La Revue du Vin de France (September 2022): 98/100 “A surprisingly supple Sauternes, as this terroir often produces muscular wines. Its softness grows the wine through its grace. Its generous liqueur is balanced by the sensation of concentrated grapes.”
J-M Quarin: 94/100 “Sunshine yellow color. Very aromatic, fruity, subtle, complex and noble nose.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2045
- Blend:
- 100% Sémillon
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In the commune of Preignac, Suduiraut offers a wine that reflects its geographical position: halfway between Sauternes and Barsac. The latest vintages are dazzling in terms of contained power and aromatic distinction.
According to Bettane & Desseauve (Guide 2025), “Yquem is the only wine that can still do a little better”.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N. Martin-April 2021): 95/100 “The palate is very well balanced with a harmonious entry, well-judged acidity and great tension thanks to a bitter orange peel note that counterbalances the rich, honeyed fruit on the finish. Superb”.
La Revue du Vin de France (November 2021): 96/100 “The substance is deep, but more powerful than fleshy, even if the liqueur is abundant. A Sauternes with thickness but also magnificent length [...] This wine, whose richness may surprise in youth, will age admirably well.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2045
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.8%
- Blend:
- 100% Sémillon
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In the commune of Preignac, Suduiraut offers a wine that reflects its geographical position: halfway between Sauternes and Barsac. The latest vintages are dazzling in terms of contained power and aromatic distinction.
According to Bettane & Desseauve (Guide 2025), “Yquem is the only wine that can still do a little better”.
The 2016 vintage in the press:
Described as “masterful” and rated 19/20 by Revue du Vin de France.
J-M Quarin (September 2021): 93/100 “Intense, fine, subtle nose of pure, ripe fruit. Delicate on entry, mellow in the middle, melting.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.8%
- Blend:
- 94% Sémillon, 6% Sauvignon blanc
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Ideally located on the Mouton plateau, next to prestigious crus classés such as d'Armailhac, Clerc-Milon and Pontet-Canet, Pibran is owned by the insurance company AXA and benefits from the expertise of the technical team of Pichon-Baron (same owner). There are only a few unclassified wines left in Pauillac, and Pibran is by far the best of them!
While Pibran wines generally have a fleshy body and a bright fruit, the 2016 vintage transcends these qualities. It is considered as the best ever made by Jean-Marc Quarin and Neal Martin.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2035
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Ideally located on the Mouton plateau, next to prestigious crus classés such as d'Armailhac, Clerc-Milon and Pontet-Canet, Pibran is owned by the insurance company AXA and benefits from the expertise of the technical team of Pichon-Baron (same owner). There are only a few unclassified wines left in Pauillac, and Pibran is by far the best of them!
The 2014 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2018): Coup de ♥ “Very beautiful elegance, with a full and greedy side at the same time.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2019-2030
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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New denomination of the second wine of Pichon-Baron from the 2012 vintage, undoubtedly at the level of the 5th growths of Pauillac.
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 93/100 “Les Griffons approaches the spirit of a great wine and receives a significant contribution of petit verdot, which lends depth, sapidity and a great deal of class to this cuvée.”
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 93/100 “The 2021 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is another fine wine in this range from Pichon Baron. Soft and caressing, the 2021 offers up an exotic mélange of dark cherry, cinnamon, mocha, blood orange and leather. All the elements are impeccably balanced.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
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New denomination of the second wine of Pichon-Baron from the 2012 vintage, undoubtedly at the level of the 5th growths of Pauillac.
The 2020 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024): 93/100 “Les Griffons, in which Merlot accounts for 50% of the blend, is even more refined and precise, with a crystalline quality. It benefits from perfectly calibrated ageing, serving explosive fruit.”
Vinous (N. Martin - November 2024): 91/100 “The 2020 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron has an open-knit and expressive nose, a mixture of red and black fruit, quite elegant and developing appealing floral scents. The palate is medium-bodied, cohesive and persistent, with fleshy, ripe black ad hints of white pepper.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
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New denomination of the second wine of Pichon-Baron from the 2012 vintage, undoubtedly at the level of the 5th growths of Pauillac.
The 2018 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (November 2021): 93/100 “This cabernet-sauvignon-dominant cuvée offers admirable uprightness and great potential. It rises to the level of a classified growth, in the very spirit of a great wine. With great definition and tannic nobility on the finish, it's set for over 10 years.”
En Magnum (April 2021): 94/100 “Perfect balance in this sunny year, elegant and precise in its rendering of terroir. A model of its kind in keeping with the ambitions displayed by Axa Millésimes for this second classified growth of Pauillac. Under the impetus of Christian Seely and Jean-René Matignon, the estate is at the top of its game, and has produced a griffon that is unstoppable, suitable for ageing and already very good."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
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New denomination of the second wine of Pichon-Baron from the 2012 vintage, undoubtedly at the level of the 5th growths of Pauillac.
The 2016 is like the great wine: pure and vigorous, distinguished and powerful, promised to be beautiful and long to keep.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 96/100 “It has digested its ageing admirably and is endowed with a luminous, radiant body, with lots of rebounding flavors on the palate.”
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 96/100 “Dark and brooding in bearing, the 2021 Pichon Baron is a somber, mysterious wine. It is every bit as impressive as it was en primeur. Graphite, leather, spice, mocha and dried herbs meld together in a wine of power, precision and contemporary classicism. It's one of my early favorites in this vintage. I won't be too surprised if it turns out even than this note suggests.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2045
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
The 2018 vintage in the press:
En Magnum (April 2021): 98/100 “Great color, great generosity of substance, absolute ripeness of the grape, noble cedar flavor, assertive solar character, but without imbalance. Baron is true to itself, undeniably Pauillac."
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2021): 97/100 “Superb matter, concentrated, energetic and deep. Impresses with its length and persistent aromas.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2045
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
The 2017 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (October 2020): 96/100 “Dark, intense and beautiful color. Very aromatic nose, fruity, creamy and slightly truffled. Meticulous on entry, refined to the touch, very aromatic, the wine develops on a graceful general bearing. It melts in the finish, fragrant, long, sappy and very good”.
Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2020): 94+/100“The 2017 Pichon-Baron has become a powerful wine, even by its own standards. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, grilled herbs, licorice, new leather and spices blossom in a succulent Pauillac that shows the racy personality of the year.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2037
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
The 2016 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (2018): 97/100 “monumental.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2040
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Bought in 1986 by the AXA group, initially under the leadership of Mr. Cazes (Lynch-Bages), Pichon-Longueville Baron regained its best form in the powerful and distinguished style of the great Pauillac. It must be said that a small half of its vines are located next to those of Latour, on a first growth terroir! For the Revue du Vin de France: "Pichon-Baron is at the top in the last vintages".
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2035
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N.Martin - January 2024): 91-93/100 “The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Blanc Clos de l'Arlot 1er Cru was taken from tank on the lees before filtration and fining. Aged in 25% new oak, it offers pretty apple blossom, gooseberry and persimmon scents that gradually unfold, though never completely let loose. The palate is well-balanced, with noticeable weight and left on the entry. This is a concentrated white Burgundy, yet Géraldine Godot manages to retain sufficient tension and poise, elongating the finish. Apparently, this bottle had opened up considerably since being uncorcked the previous day. Touch og ginger on the aftertaste. Punchy!”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (August 2023): 16/20 “Notes of flowers and raspberries on the nose. Beautiful texture on the palate with elegant tannins and a saline touch on the finish.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2035
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N.Martin - January 2024): 94-96/100 “The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Fôrets Saint-Georges 1er Cru was also raised in 40% new oak [Incidentally, 0.6ha will be planted with Chardonnay in 2024]. Slightly deeper in color compared to the Clos de l'Arlot, this has slightly more cohesion and complexity on the nose: dark cherries and crushed stone, a hint of wilted rose petals in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with beautifully integrated new oak, lending this a velvety veneer. It is a little plush yet with equivalent tension and a detailed, slightly piquant finish. This is an outstanding Nuits Saint-Georges from the Domaine.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2039
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N.Martin - January 2024): 93-95/100 “The 2022 Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots 1er Cru, matured in 40% new oak, is intense on the nose, opulent yet controlled with mainly red berry fruit, allspice and rose petal scents, just a hint of black olive emerging with time. Very well-defined. The medium-bodied palate comes armed with a voluptuous entry, almost viscous in texture, intense yet delineated with a gradual build to its sweet and detailed finish. This will require four to five years to open for business, but it is certainly a "serious" Les Suchots with a wonderful spicy edge.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2022
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Owned by AXA Millésimes since 1987, Domaine de l'Arlot spans 15 hectares between Nuits-Saint-Georges (Prémeaux) and Vosne-Romanée. This is an estate of excellence, producing some of the most intense, precise whites on the Côte de Nuits, as well as dense reds with chiselled structures that are simultaneously fleshy and delicate. Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Hachette (Guide 2025) : Coup de coeur ♥ « A 2022 that touches perfection. We immediately love its nose, as subtle as it is complex, evoking flowers, fresh red fruit, blackcurrant and cocoa. An elegance echoed by a sumptuous palate, very pure, very long, loose, carried by tannins of rare finesse and enhanced by a hint of minerality that adds to its dynamism. »
Vinous (Neal Martin - novembre 2023) : 96-98/100 « The palate is velvety on entry with impressive depth and a soft grip. It has a fascinating purity of fruit, intense to the point where you can almost overlook the filigree tannins. It unfolds magnificently on the lingering finish, a top-class Romanée-Saint-Vivant. »
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (Septembre 2023) : 16/20 « The palate is ripe, supple, with fine balance and finesse. A wine for the future... »
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2045
- Organic certification:
- 2022