Château Le Pin 2022, Pomerol
Recommended
IN BOND
Delivery 2025
Appellation - Pomerol
Owner - Jacques Thienpont
88% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc
Annual production – 9,000 bottles
TASTING NOTES
Such is the ripeness and richness of the vintage but the wine remains so fresh and balanced. Medium-bodied with subtle and juicy tannins. It's a little fuller-bodied than the perfect 2020 but it is just as weightless and gorgeous. Cashmere texture throughout. Only 65% new wood.
99/100
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2023
The 2022 Le Pin, 100% Merlot with a yield of 29 hl/ha and aging in 65% new oak, is deep garnet-purple in color. It gallops out with bold, expressive scents of baked black plums, black raspberries, and juicy blackberries, leading to suggestions of cinnamon toast, violets, menthol, and cedar chest with a waft of garrigue. The full-bodied palate is generously laden with layers of black fruits and earthy accents, framed by firm yet velvety tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and spicy. This is so seductive. pH 3.77.
97/99+
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, May 2023
