The 2014 Nenin is very pretty. Silky, polished and succulent on the palate, this is a wine of total charm. Inky blue/purplish fruit notes make a strong first impression. Topnotes from Cabernet Franc add tons of aromatic intensity and overall brightness. The 2014 has the charm to drink young and enough depth to age for a decade plus.

The 2014 Nenin was a bit of a whipcracker when I tasted it from barrel, so I was intrigued to find whether it would replicate that performance now in bottle. The bouquet is very well defined, perhaps more minerally and taut than previous vintages with truffle-tinged red berry fruit unfurling in the glass. There is also a potent tang of the sea (kelp or oyster shell perhaps). The palate is very well balanced, supple in the mouth, but it exerts a pleasant grip in the mouth and much more purity than vintages tasted over the 1990s and 2000s. This builds on that promise in barrel and is really quite a lovely Pomerol deserving of its newly designed label.

81% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc. Mid garnet – still plenty of red in the colour. Very pretty nose of chalky dark-red fruit and something a little peppery/dusty. Melted, fine-boned tannins. I would fall on this in a restaurant for perfect current drinking though there's no hurry. (JH)