2021 Le Pin - Pomerol AC

Decanter.com – 94 pts – GH: *Red cherries and strawberries alongside roses, peonies and smoked earth on the nose. Immediately so smooth, silky in the mouth with bright and searing strawberry and red cherry flavours. A delicate style on show, less plush and plump, more finessed and defined. Minerality shows through clearly with the high-toned fruit framed by just-robust tannins at this point giving a firmness to the overall structure. It has freshness and a sense of underlying power with a menthol backbone and touches of liquorice and black pepper. Long flavour and an appealing chalky finish.* - 04/2022

Falstaff Magazin – 95 pts – PM: * Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Frische Noten von Herzkirschen, zarte Brombeernuancen, ein Hauch von Edelholz, Lakritze und etwas Nougat. Saftig, feine rote Beeren, finessenreich strukturiert, seidige Tannine, zart nach Ribiseln, mineralisch-seidig im Abgang, sehr gute Länge, ein von Frische und Delikatesse geprägter Wein. Könnte man vom Fleck weg genießen.* - 05/2022

WeinWisser – 18,5+/20pts – GL, TW: *100 % Merlot, 35 hl/ha, pH 3.6, 13.4 Vol.-%. Berauschendes Bouquet, frisch geschnittene Küchenkräuter, «Weed of Pomerol», schwarzer tasmanischer Bergpfeffer und rotes Johannisbeergelee. Am komplexen Gaumen mit energiegeladener Rasse, straff, gebündeltem Körper. Im konzentrierten, nicht enden wollenden Finale, schwarzbeerige Noten, Graphit, fein körnige Adstringenz. Softes Pumping over. Erinnert Jacques Thienpont und Diana an 1995. Die höhere Note ist in unmittelbarer Reichweite.* – 04/2022

JancisRobinson.com – 17+/20pts – JL: *100% Merlot. 35 hl/ha. Cask sample. Poised and perfumed with porcelain finesse. Floral aromatics, appetising fruit with freshness and lift, very fine tannins. Harmonious if not hugely intense but should develop further. As is often the case, a burgundian air.* - 04/2022

Vinous.com – (94-96) pts – AG: *The 2021 Le Pin is a delicate, refined wine that is still coming together in barrel. Bright saline accents and vivid floral aromatics lend energy to a core of red-fleshed fruit. The 75% new oak is expertly judged. Production is down quite a bit, about 14 barrels instead of the more typical 20 or so. The 2021 is a somewhat unusual, lighter style of Le Pin. I can't wait to see how it ages.* - 04/2022

Vinous.com – (94-96) pts – AG: *The 2021 Le Pin is a delicate, refined wine that is still coming together in barrel. Bright saline accents and vivid floral aromatics lend energy to a core of red-fleshed fruit. The 75% new oak is expertly judged. Production is down quite a bit, about 14 barrels instead of the more typical 20 or so. The 2021 is a somewhat unusual, lighter style of Le Pin. I can't wait to see how it ages.* - 04/2022

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (94-96) pts – JL: *Cinnamon, flowers, licorice, roses, plums, and cherries with espresso, black raspberries, and fresh, leafy herbs create the array of notes in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, bright, soft, polished, elegant, and refined. The tannins are silky, and the fruits are pure and vibrant, with a crisp, almost crunchy quality to the sweet cherries, cocoa, and orange rind in the finish. The wine was produced from 100% Merlot, 13.4% ABV. The harvest took place September 25 - October 4. Yields were 35 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2025 - 2045.* - 05/2022