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Tasted blind, I mistook the 2006 Le Pin for the 2005, and it is drinking very well today, bursting with aromas of dark berries, incense, sweet spices and creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, with an ample core of rich, succulent fruit and powdery structuring tannins, it concludes with a long, expansive finish.
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Neal Martin
More reviews and scores
Tasted blind. Dark ruby – shaded. Intense and pretty rich on the nose. Solid and juicy. Lots of minerals and life there. Distinctly superior wine. Zappy dry end. Really solid with some mintiness. (JR)
Dark ruby. Exotic and super-ripe. Edge of ink and violets. Hugely alluring on the nose. Tannins have completely receded leaving the most seductive sweet wine with nice freshness on the finish. Really lovely for current drinking. Not the concentration of a long-distance runner but hugely rewarding for now. The finish is a little less opulent than the palate. (JR)
Mid crimson with a hint of development at the rim. Some rather too obvious oak notes on the nose. Lots of ripe fruit and a bit of agreeable black cherry. But pretty tart and taut on the very end. (JR)
About the producer
Owned by Jacques Thienpont, Le Pin is, without doubt, one of the most famous names in wine. One of the three great names of Pomerol, alongside Pétrus and Ch. Lafleur, it is one of the rarest, most expensive and finest wines in Bordeaux – if not the world.