Château Le Pin - Pomerol 2018 (3L)
Price: $28000.00
| Producer | Château Le Pin |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pomerol |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 10650 |
| Size | 3L |
The Wine Independent: 100 Points
Le Pin 2018 has a deep garnet purple color. It opens with notions of cedar blackcurrants and plum preserves giving way to sandalwood anise and dried roses plus a hint of cinnamon stick. The medium to full-bodied palate is very perfumed and elegant with layer upon layer of black fruits and exotic spices plus ultra-plush tannins and seamless acidity finishing very long and fragrant. WOW.
Decanter: 98 Points
This is extremely good expansive and luxurious
Wine Advocate: 97-99 Points
The 2018 Le Pin is made of 100% Merlot picked the last week of September with yields of 30 hectoliters per hectare. The wine has a pH of 3.7 an IPT (total polyphenol index) of 70 and 14.5% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color it is a little reserved to begin offering glimpses of tar fertile loam and truffles with slowly emerging notes of baked black cherries stewed plums mulberries and underbrush plus hints of black pepper hoisin and chargrill with a waft of garrigue. Full-bodied the palate is loaded with taut muscular fruit and heaps of earthy accents with a firm frame of ripe rounded tannins and just enough seamless freshness finishing very long and wonderfully savory. Published: Apr 23 2019
Vinous: 98+ Points
A heady exotic wine the 2018 Le Pin is rapturous right out of the gate. Waves of intense dark fruit cascade over the senses. The 2018 is a majestic hypnotically beautiful Pomerol that really dazzles. Inky dark fruit cherry menthol spice and chocolate are all fused together. The 100% new oak a bit intrusive en primeur has assimilated nicely. Time in the glass brings out exotic floral and spice notes. Le Pin is beyond my means and probably beyond most readers' means but it is undeniably great. And I mean great. - By Antonio Galloni on March 2021
Jeb Dunnuck: 97-99 Points
About as sexy as wine gets the 2018 Le Pin comes from a tiny vineyard located just across from Vieux Château Certan and is always 100% Merlot brought up in new barrels. It reveals a deep purple color as well as a heavenly bouquet of crème de cassis roasted coffee vanilla and toasted spice. Deep full-bodied seamless and incredibly layered on the palate with ultra-fine tannins it's already approachable with the flamboyant style of the vintage yet should evolve for decades. It?s a brilliant Pomerol in the making.
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