WHY WE DO LIKE IT?
This uniquely charming and romantic château, with its two emblematic turrets, has stood proudly at the vineyard’s heart. In 1987, an architectural competition with the Paris Pompidou Centre prompted a full reconstruction of the vat room and cellar. Since 2008, an underground cellar evokes Jules Verne’s Nautilus, with views over the ornamental pool. The 92-hectare vineyard is composed of high-quality gravelly soils, low in nutrients and water, which nourish the vines with great parsimony.
GOOD TO KNOW
The estate’s best land — the “Butte de Pichon Baron” — is devoted entirely to the Grand Vin. This iconic plot is among the estate’s most historic, already in use in 1694, the year the first Pichon Baron wine was produced.
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