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Tasting notes
The nose of 2024 Le Pin is exotic – complex and packed with purple fruit, herbal notes, a touch of vanilla spice, toasty sweetness and floral notes of iris, rose and lily. There’s great clarity to the fruit – pure and vibrant cherry. The wine is fine-boned, with savoury tannins, supple texture and a fine, earthy, crushed-rock minerality. The finish is long and mouth-watering, with a powdered, potpourri-scented lift. 13% alcohol and 3.72pH. Blend: 100% Merlot
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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Based on 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2024 Château Le Pin Franc reveals slightly evolved notes of dark cherries, currants, and chocolaty, tobacco nuances. Medium-bodied, round, and soft on the palate, it has ripe tannins and should be a good wine that will offer pleasure.
This is like the amazing 1994 (a unicorn of the vintage) or the 1990, but more modern and precise. Medium-bodied with a fine, compacted texture, this shows green-olive tapenade and cedar. The tannins are so refined, running the length of the wine. In the 1980s, they used to say this was Burgundy- or pinot-like. It is, and in such a good way. Brings a nice smile to my face. Pure merlot. Only 13 barrels made.
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.