Shows the exotic nature of Le Pin with blackberries, milk chocolate and hints of spices, as well as coffee beans from the ripe seeds in the grapes. It's medium-bodied with focused and creamy tannins. Also plenty of nectarine and clementine character. This is so classic Le Pin at the finish. It lasts for minutes in your mouth. Silky and flavorful. 100% merlot magic.

That classic Le Pin sexiness emerges from the 2023 Château Le Pin in its spiced red fruits, dried flowers, camphor, and liquid violets. Based on 100% Merlot and brought up in 66% new French oak from Seguin Moreau and Taransaud, it's medium to full-bodied and flawlessly balanced, with ultra-fine tannins, beautifully integrated oak, and a gorgeous finish. It makes the most of this classic, ripe, balanced vintage. Give it just 4-5 years and drink over the following three decades. Drink 2029-2059.

The 2023 Le Pin was picked between September 11 and 23 at 39hL/ha—four pickings according to age of vine and plot. It matured in 65% new oak (this figure has gradually reduced since the 2020 vintage). They had no mildew due to the free-draining gravel soils though the Thienponts saw more at L'If. I love this nose. This is so pure and refined it seems to embrace and gently hug the senses like your favorite aunt or uncle. It blossoms in the glass to reveal subtle crushed stone and graphite notes. The palate has unerring symmetry finely chiseled tannins and a linear penetrating finish that goes on and on. This is one of the best vintages of Le Pin I have tasted from barrel more serious and more floral than some recent vintages.

The 2023 Le Pin is all sensuality. Rich deep and explosive the 2023 possesses notable depth. It is an especially exuberant dense Le Pin. Dark-toned fruit iron leather scorched earth and incense gradually unfurl in the glass. The long sustained finish is suggestive of what is certain to be a very bright future. I tasted the 2023 from the en primeur blend and then directly from barrels crafted by Seguin-Moreau the historical cooper of choice here and Taransaud a more recent addition. I found young wines of tremendous freshness and verve. This is a magnificent showing from Jacques Thienpont Fiona Morrison MW and Guillaume Thienpont.

The 2023 Le Pin is another strong effort for this small Pomerol winery wafting from the glass with aromas of wild berries violets exotic spices and creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied polished and suave it's velvety and refined with attractive purity of fruit lively acids and a long gently vanillin-inflected finish. It's the result of multiple harvests starting with young vines between September 11 and 23.