Description
Château Picon “Le Vin du Roy” Bordeaux Supérieur, grown on the left bank of the Dordogne river near Sainte-Foy-La-Grande, 20 minutes upstream from Saint-Émilion, vintage 2018. NEW TO TOB.
40% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance is Merlot. 100% new oak.
DECANT!
The top wine from Château Picon smashes it out of the park with epic fruit intensity, blackberries, cassis, and blueberries, toasty oak, cigar box, cedar wood, earth and smoky charcuterie, but delivers all this high octane aromatic power with the kind of tailored precision that is associated with a higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. The palate is deadly in its drinkability, full and rambunctious, but seamlessly joined together, palate-coating and very long in the mouth, again thanks to the added tannin power of the Cabernet Sauvignon. This is the kind of red that – until around 2010 onwards – you could only find for hundreds of dollars per bottle from the region’s most famous estates. Best served from a decanter, with rich food, as this is a monster wine.
Drink now to 2028
