"In its intense garnet color, the wine reveals a fresh, greedy nose with great complexity. Notes of blackberry and blueberry mingle with a delicate woodiness. On the palate, a fresh attack gives way to a full body that nonetheless possesses a certain tension. The aromatic palette, dominated by black fruits, underlines the well-integrated tannins. The long finish is marked by blackberry aromas." - marie, Oenologue Premium Grands Crus
Les Griffons de Pichon Baron is one of the estate's two Seconds wines. Created from the 2012 vintage, it has a pure, straightforward character. The grapes that make up the blend for this wine come mainly from gravelly plots close to the Gironde estuary. Les Griffons is a rich, invigorating experience, full-bodied, straightforward and full of energy. This wine can be cellared for over 20 years, but can be enjoyed now.
Weather conditions
- Early autumn Sec, warm until October 15, ending the year 2023 with more than 500 mm of rain.
- Mild, very wet winter, with a total of 900 mm at the end of March.
- Early April: early budburst.
- Spring cool and arRosé.
- June: heterogeneous flowering associated with coulure/millerandage and the arrival of mildew.
- July and August: a hot, very Sec summer, with veraison starting slowly at the end of July.
- Late August: the return of clement weather enabled the grapes to ripen well.
- September: late ripening, slowed by bad weather, with fairly high ripeness controls.
Harvestdates
Merlot: September 25 to October 03, 2024
Cabernet Franc: October 03 to 07, 2024
Cabernet Sauvignon: October 03 to 10, 2024
Vinification
Sorting was fundamental once again this year to ensure that only perfectly healthy, round berries were picked. To get the best possible result, the pickers carefully selected our harvest, then in the vat room, the sorters fine-tuned this work, before moving on to optical sorting. We used all the techniques at our disposal to make the most of this delicate harvest: gravity loading, light sulfiting combined with yeast-based bioprotection, an indigenous sourdough, low fermentation temperatures and measured Extraction with light pumping-over and delestage. Run-offs took place from October 15 to 24 for the Merlot and from October 23 to 31 for the Cabernet.
Aging: 50% in new barrels, 50% in one-wine barrels for 15 months.
