Nyhet
Le Pin 2017
| Distrikt | Pomerol |
| Druvor | Merlot |
| Årgång | 2017 |
| Fyllighet | 9 |
| Fruktsyra | 9 |
| Strävhet | 9 |
| Procucenter | Le Pin |
| Artikelnr | Le Pin 905 |
| Lagerstatus | |
| Fraktkostnad | 169:- |
| Avnjutes mellan | 2020 - 2050 |
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Druvor
Merlot
Tasting note
Made from 100% Merlot, the deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Le Pin opens a little closed and broody, slowly unfurling to offer notes of baked plums, Black Forest cake and raspberry pie with touches of iron ore, crushed rocks, roses and star anise plus a waft of cardamom. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers the most jaw-dropping, exquisitely ripe tannins with amazingly seamless freshness and layer upon layer of red and black fruits, finishing with incredible energy and depth. WOW!
“The most delicate task was finding the best time to pick the grapes,” commented Jacques Thienpont on the 2017 vintage at Le Pin, during my Primeurs visit. “This year we harvested even our very small vineyard over different days.” This 2017 Le Pin is utterly gorgeous. Still very youthful, the attention to ripeness as well as what must have been a very strict selection process in this newly bottled blockbuster is clear. Vibrancy, layers of nuances and an astonishingly velvety texture—this 2017 is gonna blow Pomerol lovers away!
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Located at the heart of the Pomerol plateau, the Le Pin estate has belonged to Jacques Thienpont since 1979. The vineyard is now made up of seven plots covering a total of just two hectares. The estate is planted with 100% Merlot in gravelly clay and sandy gravel soils with traces of iron. Le Pin is a wine made in very limited quantities. It is the result of an ambitious winemaking process in small stainless steel vats, followed by maturation in new barrels for 18 months.
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Francois Thienpont
Today, Pomerol's famous Le Pin consists of seven small parcels, all within a stone's throw of the original hectare of vines, purchased by Jacques Thienpont from the Laubie family in 1979, that launched this phenomenon of the wine world. This is a warm, rather precocious site that ripens rapidly, so viticulture (working with cover crops and less systematic deleafing) and winemaking (small, parcel-by-parcel vinifications to permit optimal harvest dates; only two rackings; only 65-70% new oak compared with the 100% of yesteryear; and earlier bottling in riper years) have both adapted to a changing climate. Le Pin thus remains a wine of drama, texture and generosity, without tipping over into excess; a high-wire act in a vintage such as 2019, but one with Thienpont and his team have performed with mastery.
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