Andrew Cullimore

9.6

Tasted blind . Médium deep ruby with medium wide ruby rim , slightly younger looking than the rest. Quite spicy dark fruits , touch of pain grillé , mineral , grafite , cedar . On the palate this has a lot of grip and density , but also great balance . Spicy dark fruits , touch of grafite and earthy cedar . Quite rounded mouthfeel. Balanced acidity and grippy ripe tannins . Long balanced finish . Overall this showed well , with a roundness and balance , lovely fruit still , really quite open and fresh . With more time this show a floral character with lovely precision . Of all the wines this though very young is probably showing the most today . Even better in 5-10 years and will last well a further 10-20. Had this down as Haut Brion . This took the silver medal . 96
— 4 days ago

Richard Adams

9.2

First ‘15 Bdx. Can see what the hype is about. This was better second day, even more expressive. — a month ago

John Micklethwaite

9.4

Amazing wine. Would@like to try the other vintages of this too — a month ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.8

A pristine, late-release ex-chateau bottle.
Mind-boggling. Look at that colour….
100% sure that I would miss the vintage by 25 years or so….. — 9 days ago

A. R.

9.2

Big and pretty and opened about 10-15 years too early. Second day was a huge improvement from the relatively closed nose on day 1. Can feel a bit of the alcohol on the finish. Modern and very well made - especially great Cab Sav on the finish. — 17 days ago

jeffrey raszka

9.3

Dinner at Ciones — 2 days ago

Andrea Watt

9.0

Oak and vanilla with pepper and black currant. Very earthy. — a month ago

Ericsson

9.0

A Margaux for lunch. Cheers. — a month ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Soft, mature. Maybe a tad too evolved for the age and bottlesize.
Served from a 5ltr bottle. — 6 days ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2022 vintage. Deep dark red colour. Raspberries, flowers and cedar. Concentrated, intense. Combines power and elegance. Many Crus Classés would be very satisfied with this quality for their grand vin. Henri Lurton stated that he made his best wines ever in 2022 (which is saying a lot given the track record of this Château), and you can see why with this Baron de Brane. One can only imagine the quality of the grand vin in 2022! Anyway, this is one of the finest wines one could encounter for 30 euros. Abv. 14%. — a month ago