Descripción

Château Pibran tiene una ubicación privilegiada, concretamente posee 17 hectáreas de viñedos en un terruño de gravas que comparten con prestigiosas bodegas como Mouton-Rothschild, Lynch-Bages o Château Pontet-Canet. Un clásico de Pauillac que se beneficia además del mismo equipo técnico de Château Pichon Longueville Baron. En su juventud se muestra jugoso aunque su buena estructura tánica le augura una larga guarda. 

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Château Pibran
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2018
Grado
14.0% vol.
Variedad
54% Cabernet sauvignon, 46% Merlot
Origen
Pauillac

Cata

Vista
Color rojo rubí. profundo y denso.
Nariz
Aromas precisos y frescos, muy expresivos, dominando las notas de fruta negra.
Boca
El ataque es opulento, luego poderoso y fresco. El tanino se vuelve más denso, espeso y profundo. El final está bien estructurado y tiene carácter picante.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
Chateau Pibran
Superficie
17 hectáreas.
Edad
30 años.
Suelo
Gravas provenientes del río Garona.
Clima
Continental.
Vinificación
Fermentación de 15 días en depósitos de acero inoxidable termorregulados.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de 18 meses en barricas de roble francés (50% nuevas).

Opinión de los críticos

Wine Enthusiast:

Rich in both structure and fruit, this wine has ripe tannins and a full, generous texture that is given shape by full-bodied, black-fruit flavors. From the northern part of Pauillac, the wine is good for medium-term aging. Drink from 2023. - Roger Voss.

Decanter:

A very tasty, enjoyable Pibran that comes from a cooler site than the main Pichon Baron wine, from gravel soils over a bed of limestone, and always the last for the team to harvest as was the case again in 2018. You can certainly feel the freshness and juice through the dark fruits – a wine that will be limbered up after just four or five years in bottle. 50% new oak. A yield of 37hl/ha.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2018 Pibran is a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon and 46% Merlot, matured for 18 months in barriques, 50% new and 50% one year old. Deep garnet-purple in color, it comes skipping out of the glass with bright, cheerful scents of Morello cherries, mulberries and wild blueberries, giving way to a core of cassis, dark chocolate and violets, with a waft of woodsmoke. Medium-bodied, the palate is delicately styled with fantastic freshness and fine-grained tannins supporting the crunchy black fruit layers, finishing long and lifted. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown. 

James Suckling:

Blackcurrant, blueberry, pencil-lead, clove and walnut-husk aromas. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, tight-grained tannins. Nice minerality. Try from 2024 and onwards

Jeb Dunnuck:

The 2018 Château Pibran emerges from a cooler, gravelly terroir in Pauillac and is close to an even split of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, all raised in 50% new oak. Lots of red, black, and blue fruits as well as lead pencil, violets, camphor, and smoked tobacco emerge from the glass, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a terrific sense of freshness, ripe yet firm, polished tannins, and a great finish. This is another classic Pauillac that's going to benefit from 3-6 years of bottle age (it's far from unapproachable today) and keep for 20-25 years in cold cellars.

La Revue du vin de France:

Pibran 2016 est d'un éclat magnifique, déjà très séduisant, mais aussi armé pour une longue garde. Un vin à la fois suave et tramé.