These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Jeremy Howard is a former investment banker who has been building ecommerce businesses in fine wine since 2008.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Mr Simon Farr: a hugely respected 40 year wine industry veteran who was involved in the founding and growth of two of Britain's most successful wine enterprises (Majestic and Bibendum).
But our roots as a fine wine team go back to the early 1980s in the UK, and back to 2010 in Hong Kong. We stock extensive collections of the world’s finest wines, including Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Margaux, Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Haut Brion, DRC and Penfolds.Ĭru was founded in 2014 by co-founders Simon Farr and Jeremy Howard. We help customers around the world buy wine from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, Spain, the Loire and Rhone Valley and from the New World. We store a significant amount of wine for our clients and offer guidance on wine portfolio construction.Ĭru offers an internationally acclaimed selection of red wine, white wine and Champagne. We hold numerous events through which we showcase our wines and get to know our clients even better. We source only the world’s very best wines and spirits and sell to a limited number of discerning buyers. We are very focused on using technology to make the experience of fine wine buying more fun and convenient.Ĭru is a specialist retailer. We operate from four major hubs in London, Hong Kong, Bordeaux, Singapore, Beijing and San Francisco, from which we offer advice and impeccable service through both traditional and digital channels. We have experts working across the globe serving customers in over 40 different countries. The team at Pichon Baron decided to focus almost exclusively on the very best site available to this "Super Second", a gravel plateau opposite Château Latour, for their first wine - the rest, and the vast majority, is consigned to two very impressive second wines.Ĭru is one of the world’s leading fine wine retailers. Quality has certainly increased dramatically at this château, largely due to a ruthless reduction in the quantity of Grand Vin produced.
The slew of excellent reviews from the world's leading critics for multiple vintages of this estate repeatedly marvel at the remarkable power of the tannins, and the breath-taking concentration always judged to perfection. Baron, conversely, was considered the more overtly powerful and structured of the two. Lalande quickly garnered a reputation of feminine elegance rightly or wrongly, but most likely in its early years as a result of being under female ownership, and has undoubtedly pursued this identity in its wines of recent years. Remarkably for two estates which were once one, their styles are dramatically individual - at least in the modern era. For many years, Pichon existed as one exceedingly large property, consisting of some 50 hectares of stunning terroir in the legendary commune of Pauillac.ĭeath and marriage, the two great catalysts for change in 19th century France, resulted in the split we see today between this great property, and its sister Pichon Lalande. The neo-classical turrets of Château Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville are amongst the most iconic images of Bordelaise grandeur in the entire region. Tasted at the Pichon-Baron vertical at the château. This is an awesome Pichon-Baron in the making, up there with the 1990, 20. There is a sense of abiding symmetry to this Pauillac, and there is also tremendous length, the flavors almost refusing to let go of your senses. The medium-bodied palate delivers firm tannin cloaked in layers of graphite-infused black fruit. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.The 2015 Pichon-Baron is a step up from the 2014, boasting an intense, multifaceted bouquet of blackberry, graphite and crushed stone that gains momentum in the glass the purity here is deeply impressive. A stunning 2015 and one of the greatest releases from the estate. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and extremely well-judged acidity that imbues this Pauillac with a sense of effortlessness and class lacking in some of its peers. The 2015 Pichon-Baron has an engaging, complex bouquet of blackberry, cedar, mint and graphite, demonstrating more cohesion and more conviction than its peers.