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Le Pin (Pomerol) 2004

Pomerol, First Growth

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Tasting Notes

Tasted at Bipin Desai’s Le Pin vertical in Los Angeles. A deep ruby colour. The nose is relatively linear compared to other vintages of Le Pin with red-berried fruit: cranberry, raspberry and traces of tar and dark chocolate. Good definition, albeit a little conservative. The palate is elegant and well balanced with a fine structure, notes of raspberry, cranberry and wild strawberry, a lightweight Le Pin with just a little dryness towards the finish. This is a Le Pin that opts to play it safe and should provide pleasurable medium-term drinking. A comparatively generous vintage of 780 cases. Drink now-2018. Tasted November 2008.

Score: 92

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2009-2018 01 May 2009

This is impressive for the vintage. A little better than in recent blind tastings. Blackberry, plum and dark chocolate aromas, with mineral undertones. It's thick and rich, with fine tannins and lots of mineral and plum flavors. Long and silky. Precise and refined.--Le Pin non-blind vertical. Best after 2012. 580 cases made.

Score: 94

James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2012+ 30 April 2008

There are 580 cases of the exotic, flamboyant 2004 Le Pin. Its dense plum/ruby color is accompanied by sweet aromas of kirsch, cassis, smoke, earth, and roasted herbs. Super-opulent for the vintage, it possesses wonderful fruit and glycerin, medium to full body, and a fleshy personality. It should drink well young, yet age nicely for two decades or more. The Pomerol of the vintage?

Score: 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2007-2027 01 June 2007

One of the top Pomerols of the vintage, the impressive 2004 Le Pin boasts a classic, exotic perfume of caramelized black fruits, spicy new oak, espresso roast, and chocolate. It is well-delineated, opulent, and medium to full-bodied with refreshing acidity as well as a vigorous, long finish. It will probably close down over the next several years, re-emerge in 5-7 years, and drink well for the following 15+.

Score: 92 - 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2011-2026 01 June 2006

Along with Lafleur, Petrus, and Clos l’Eglise, Le Pin is one of the Pomerols of the vintage. The good news (since the 2003 was completely declassified) is that there are 500 cases. The 2004 exhibits a classic, exotic Le Pin bouquet of ripe plum and black cherry fruit intermixed with sweet toasty oak, espresso roast, and a hint of dried herbs. Opulent, medium to full-bodied, and expansive, with moderate acidity, and a fleshy, heady finish, this knockout can be drunk young, or cellared for 15+ years.

Score: 93 - 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2005-2020 30 April 2005

Classic Le Pin perfume of raspberry, cocoa powder and toasty oak, with an ineffable topnote of orange peel. Wonderfully delicate and precise in the mouth, with flavors and texture that reminded me of great Burgundy. The vibrant, utterly pure flavors of crushed raspberry, minerals, flowers and spices go on and on on the aftertaste, which does not show the oaky torrefaction of the young 2005. A great and subtle expression of merlot on the Pomerol plateau. I am not sure that the 2005 will surpass this.

Score: 92 - 94

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 May 2006

Extremely deep purple with a crimson rim. Explosively sumptuous nose with lots of freshness and floral scents. Rich and round with the merest suggestion of a corset of very fine tannins. Not nearly as opulent on the palate - big, round and meaty with a very dry, quite sudden finish. (17.5+ Points)

Score: 17 - 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2010-2022 04 April 2005