Chateau Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac 2001

Continuing our special Christmas dinner, we ordered this 2nd Growth Bordeaux, the last on premises according to our sommelier. The bouquet showed still quite a young, yet complex wine with aromas of blackcurrant, blueberries, cream, vanilla, cedar, leather, mushroom and a touch of pepper. On the palate berry fruit over some lovely minerals, coffee, more oak/cedar and some keen tannins. Very complex and intelligent wine, yet still quite young and developing. Probably needs another 10 years or so but still very enjoyable now. Great length. Complex stuff and certainly worth a 2nd growth Bordeaux. Merry Christmas my darling Prue!
50+4+14+18+9= 95/100