2015 Château Le Pin

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 98.5 points

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  4/16/2022 - DrZett wrote: 98 Points

  A few days ago I participated in a once in a lifetime tasting organized by Armin Diel. We tasted 12 vintages of wine icon Château Le Pin from Pomerol, all out of magnum bottles from Armin’s private cellar. All were in fantastic shape - even Monsieur Alexandre Thienpont took part in this tasting. What an extraordinary experience. Today’s market prices for magnums are between 7,000-18,000 bucks per bottle. Production figures are at the end of each vintage.
  
  2000 Most elegant and complex one, perfect balance, felt very classic. 97/100 5,678 std / 274 mg
  
  2004 Beautiful nose, nice grip on the palate, great ripe fruit. 95/100 8,800 std / 300 mg
  
  2005 Showed some soft tertiary notes, fantastic depth and structure. Incredible balance. 97/100 5,900 std / 350 mg
  
  2006 Elegant nose with soft aging notes. Beautiful balance and depth. 95/100 5,420 std / 340 mg
  
  2007 Good structure and balance. Some green tannins. 93/100 7,200 std / 360 mg
  
  2009 Super complexity, lots of fruits, but not overdone. Incredible depth. 96/100 5,882 std / 310 mg
  
  2010 Fantastic complexity. Some beautiful mineral notes and an endless finish. 97/100 5,035 std / 234 mg
  
  2011 Great depth and fine fruit structure. Alcohol felt a little too dominant. 93/100 5,450 std / 287 mg
  
  2015 Extraordinary vintage. Power, fruit, depth and elegance, it had everything! Endless finish. 98/100 5,508 std / 280 mg
  
  2016 Great fruit structure, tannins not integrated yet. Very long finish. 95/100 5,676 std / 298 mg
  
  2017 Elegant vintage, very precise structure. Tannins are still grippy, not integrated yet. Will be fantastic in the future. 95/100 4,339 std / 441 mg
  
  2018 Great fruit notes, some vanilla too. Beautiful complexity. Alcohol is a little hot. Too young, needs more time. 94/100 4,505 std / 372 mg
  
  I won’t call a winner this time, drinking these icons side by side was a fantastic experience and although some vintages were showing not as good as others, all were absolutely enjoyable.
  Thank you Armin for the beautiful evening.
  Cheers 🍷

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  7/11/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points

  Good things come to those that wait. Due to the higher than normal sugar levels in the wine, 2015 Le Pin was not able to be tasted during the premiers. This stunner was certainly worth waiting for.
  
  Deep ruby in color, with truffle, floral, black and blue fruit and a touch of kirsch in the nose, the wine shows a lush, silky, decadent, mouth feel. The opulent finish does not quit, as the spicy cherry griotte, kirsch, marzipan and clay tinged finish lasts close to 60 seconds! The wine reached 14.2% alcohol with a pH of 3.72, produced from 100% Merlot, the wine is aging in 100% new, French oak barrels.
  
  If you cannot afford a bottle, and not many people can, try and find a rich friend that is lucky enough to buy the wine. It is going to be hard to find as only 500 cases were made this year.

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