A Serious 2023 Bordeaux at Château Pichon Baron, and Another Sweet Suduiraut Sauternes

The 2023 Bordeaux barrel tastings continue with a classically styled Pauillac and an elegant dessert wine

Château Pichon Baron wine barrel room in Bordeaux
Another successful vintage sits in barrel at Château Pichon Baron in Bordeaux's Pauillac region. (Serge Chapuis)

Bordeaux's annual en primeur tastings have begun, when the most recent vintage is tasted for the first time. Wine Spectator's James Molesworth is in Bordeaux, tasting the 2023 wines from barrel at some of the region's top estates and sharing his tasting notes. At Château Pichon Baron in Pauillac, he finds cellarworthy Cabernet, and a classically-styled dessert wine from Sauternes.

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