2012 Château Le Pin
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100% Merlot. 13.5% abv. Fabulous nose: intense, deep and complex. This is dark and mineral and the palate is flowing with a delicate sweetness of fruit. Not the biggest Le Pin but impeccably well made and superbly balanced. Fine and long. Very good indeed, and a credible contender for wine of the vintage. FINE+RARE
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James Suckling
FINE+RARE
Altre recensioni e punteggi
The 2012 Le Pin was tasted from magnum at the château. Showing a little bricking on the rim, it has a gorgeous bouquet with red fruit, rusty piping, black truffle and sandalwood, beautifully defined and quite ravishing. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. This is a very mellow Le Pin, lithe and beautifully focused with a fine bead of acidity. The finish has just a little warmth, but it caresses the mouth with a beguiling finish. Evolving beautifully.
The 2012 Le Pin is more animally on the nose compared to its peers with blackberry and briary, hints of cough candy, Seville orange marmalade and liquorice developing with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and acidity, quite elegant and velvety in texture, everything well proportioned with a tertiary, slightly Asian flavor on the finish and dark chocolate hints on the aftertaste. This is a fine, charming Le Pin drinking perfectly now. Tasted twice at Bordeaux Index's Ten Year-On tasting and blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting.
Less-direct nose than Petrus and quite light and fresh, without the sweetness or density of Petrus. No great wines, just great bottles, eh? This bottle contained wine that was a bit pinched on the end. (JR)
Informazioni sul produttore
Di proprietà di Jacques Thienpont, Le Pin è senza dubbio uno dei nomi più famosi nel mondo del vino. Uno dei tre grandi nomi di Pomerol, insieme a Pétrus e Ch. Lafleur, è uno dei vini più rari, costosi e pregiati di Bordeaux, se non del mondo.