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LE PIN
The quintessential small-production right bank Merlot, Le Pin makes a convert of anybody that tastes it. In this consignment, one of the great vintages, the 1989 is represented (in magnum no less) but more interestingly there are rare vintages of Le Pin you don't often see in auction. The 1987, the 1992, and the 1994. In these vintages, not ofted grouped in with the "big vintages" of the past 30 years, Pomerol produced some of the finest wines of the vintages, and Le Pin was at the top of Pomerol.
Le Pin--Vintage 1987
Pomerol
Level: bottom neck; remnants of wax capsule with wineauthentication.com sticker over, nicked and bin soiled label
In original wooden case
"A big, exotic, perfumed, smoky, oaky bouquet is at first forceful and unrestrained. However, as the wine sits in the glass, the ripe, red fruit character emerges and is followed by a wonderfully lush, flattering, precocious wine...A big, exotic, perfumed, smoky, oaky bouquet is at first forceful and unrestrained. However, as the wine sits in the glass, the ripe, red fruit character emerges and is followed by a wonderfully lush, flattering, precocious wine... It is absolutely delicious--another notable success for the 1987 vintage in Pomerol." Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition (1998)
1 double-magnum per lot
The quintessential small-production right bank Merlot, Le Pin makes a convert of anybody that tastes it. In this consignment, one of the great vintages, the 1989 is represented (in magnum no less) but more interestingly there are rare vintages of Le Pin you don't often see in auction. The 1987, the 1992, and the 1994. In these vintages, not ofted grouped in with the "big vintages" of the past 30 years, Pomerol produced some of the finest wines of the vintages, and Le Pin was at the top of Pomerol.
Le Pin--Vintage 1987
Pomerol
Level: bottom neck; remnants of wax capsule with wineauthentication.com sticker over, nicked and bin soiled label
In original wooden case
"A big, exotic, perfumed, smoky, oaky bouquet is at first forceful and unrestrained. However, as the wine sits in the glass, the ripe, red fruit character emerges and is followed by a wonderfully lush, flattering, precocious wine...A big, exotic, perfumed, smoky, oaky bouquet is at first forceful and unrestrained. However, as the wine sits in the glass, the ripe, red fruit character emerges and is followed by a wonderfully lush, flattering, precocious wine... It is absolutely delicious--another notable success for the 1987 vintage in Pomerol." Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition (1998)
1 double-magnum per lot
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