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  • Country ranking ?

    437
  • Producer ranking ?

    16
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

Château Le Pin, or simply Le Pin, is an unclassed Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol. There has never been an official classification of Pomerol. Even so, Chateau Le Pin commands prices that put it at levels equal to the best wines of Bordeaux. The unusually small estate is located on the Right Bank of France’s Gironde estuary, and its wine is periodically one of the world's most expensive red wines. Le Pin was the first of the "garage...

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Vintage 2017

Bordeaux 2017 - A year of contrast

Life is not fair and neither is nature. As the earth warms, flowering becomes earlier and the risk of frost damage increases. Few winemakers remember the frosts of 1991, but their legacy is still haunting. When meteorologists predicted a cold blast on the nights of April 27 and 28, there was a real sense of panic. Most with the means deployed, candles, wind turbines, helicopters, lit hay, took all the meas...

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Purple and Clear

ending

Medium, Round and Pure

nose

Youthful, Pure, Complex and Fresh

taste

Balanced, Well-structured, Good texture, Youthful, Full-bodied, Vigor, Fresh and Fruity

Verdict

Transparent and Sophisticated

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is purple, and looking clear, deep and youthful . On the nose it is youthful, intense, fresh, complex, round and pure. The taste is vigor, fresh, fruity, refined, full-bodied, with good texture, well-structured, balanced structure and youthful. The finish is medium long, round, pure and vibrant. This wine is transparent, sophisticated and excellent. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 20-30 years.
  • 97p

The 2017 Le Pin, which has 100% new oak as usual, was cropped at 32hl/ha with 13.9° alcohol. It has a perfumed bouquet with dark cherries, a touch of blue fruit, cold stone and a hint of incense. This is more opulent than the Vieux-Château-Certan, but with a bit more sensuality if not quite the same degree of complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannin, very smooth in texture with red fruit laced with sea salt and a suggestion of iodine. There is certainly good backbone to this Le Pin, although it is so silky towards the finish that it is barely tangible. A more backward Le Pin at the moment compared to the last three vintages but I am fascinated to see how this ages. Tasted twice and showing a little more structure in the second showing. Jacques Thienpont told me that around 500 cases will be produced.

  • 95p

39th vintage, says Jacques Thienpont proudly. ‘We were saved not damaged by the September rains’. Only manual remontage (pumping over).
Deep crimson. Super-fragrant, almost floral, with very fine fruit and some toasty oak. So moreish, sweet-fruited and very silky already. Gorgeously silky and long. Almost a touch of burgundy to the sweet red fruit on the finish.

  • 95p

Tasted in April 2018. This barrel sample was creamy to a great extent, sophisticated, elegant, with fabulous structure and complexity. 100% Merlot. Top, top quality in 2017 vintage for an awful lot of money, but if you can afford it, you will be thrilled! 

  • 99p

Ruby. Anise, fruity, red berries, scented, detailed, blueberries, elegant, floral, minerals, graphite notes. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, minerals, detailed, intense yet silky, nuanced, playful, refined, touch of tobacco, long, incredibly long. Subtle yet incredible depth. 97-99

  • 98p

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Le Pin (100% Merlot) is a little reticent to begin, opening out to crushed black berries, warm black plums and wild blueberries with touches of forest floor, violets, star anise and cast iron pan with a waft of cigar box. Medium to full-bodied, it has a sensuous frame of very ripe, silken tannins and seamless freshness, flaunting a very elegant core of perfumed fruit and finishing with many, many mineral layers. 94-96p

Dark purple red with violet hue and almost black core. Very elegant and persistent nose, complex aroma, wonderful fruit, very precise, hints of mild spices and very discreet roasting aroma in the background. On the palate velvety tannins, elegant fruit, freshness and excellent length. A great wine. 99

  • 99p
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Pomerol, Bordeaux
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