I thought that the change came in mid-70s, the '81 is at least good and
the '82 quite good. But up until the excellent 1990 there are still off
efforts. This wasn't expensive, part of a lot with other wines I
actually wanted, by my calculations I probably paid virtually nothing
(I'd have paid the same or close for lot w/o the Baron).

The good thing about the rough period is that for my tastes the Baron
since '90 is often the equal (or close) to the P-Lalande, yet typically
sells for half.

Mark Lipton wrote:
> DaleW wrote:
> > Lawrence Leichtman wrote:
> >> promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
> >>
> >> I had the exact same experience with the 1979 Pinchon Baron. I had
> >> stored it perfectly but it was tired and worn out last February.
> >
> > I hear much better reports re the Pichon Lalande, and look forward to
> > trying it.
> >
>
> No big surprise. IIRC, Baron in that era was considered a notorious
> underachiever, and only came into the forefront after a change in
> ownership in the '80s. Confirmation?
>
> Mark Lipton