Le Pin 2005 - Pomerol

Vinous

94 / 100

par Antonio Galloni le 15/04/2021

The 2005 Le Pin is a very pretty wine, perhaps a bit more floral and savory and less opulent than it often is. Crushed raspberry, wild flowers, mint and dried herbs all lift from the glass effortlessly. Like most of its peers, the 2005 needs several hours of aeration to be at its best. It is an especially gracious, translucent wine that stands apart stylistically from the typically richer wines that have been made here.

Jancis Robinson

17,5 / 20

par Jancis Robinson le 09/02/2015

Mid blackish ruby. Very sweet and ripe on the nose. Then pretty solid and bumptious. Still very disjointed with the sweetness and sourness unknit. Seems light years from being ready to drink. It doesn’t seem to be as thick and dense as I would have expected. But it is wonderfully clean and fresh – surprisingly. A bit angular and awkward at the moment.  13% Drink 2024-2040(17.5++)

Wine Advocate

96 / 100

par Neal Martin le 17/06/2009

Tasted single blind at Southwold. Layers of glycerine on the luxuriant nose, almost honeyed in texture with saturated plumy fruit that belies a sense of minerality underneath. A Merlot-driven entry: medium-bodied, not as tannic as I was expected but very elegant. Fine tannins, bright red-berried fruit, strawberry and a touch of redcurrant. Very opulent and lush towards the finish. Precocious. Drink 2013-2030+ Tasted January 2009.

Wine Advocate

93 / 100

par Robert Parker le 07/05/2008

While I would not rank the 2005 Le Pin as highly as the 2001, 2000, 1998, 1989, 1983, or 1982, it is still a beautiful wine offering a deep ruby/purple color along with an open-knit nose of caramel, coconut, coffee, melted chocolate, and sweet, jammy black cherry and currant fruit. The alluring fragrance is followed by an opulent, luscious Pomerol with flamboyant flavors of ripe black fruits intermixed with hints of roasted herbs, meat juices, plums, and Asian spices. Unfortunately, the world’s billionaires quickly gobble up Le Pin’s 500 cases, even at preposterously high prices. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2025.

La Revue du Vin de France

17 / 20

le 25/02/2008

Son prix excepté, il correspond tout à fait à ce que l'on attend du cru, mêlant exubérance et exotisme. Arômes de cassis et de fleurs, très savoureux en bouche, il évoque presque un grand bourgogne, avec ses tanins veloutés.

Wine Spectator

94 / 100

par James Suckling le 22/02/2008

Wine Advocate

97 / 100

par Neal Martin le 26/11/2007

Wow – this has come on leaps and bounds since I first tasted it out of barrel and then again in tank back in April 2007, this being perhaps the first time anyone has tasted out of bottle (or half-bottle in this case.) A sensuous, voluptuous nose of red-berried fruit, stony gravel, blueberries and hedgerow, but it is on the palate where the élevage has worked its wonders: much more harmonious, certainly greater weight and length than previously encountered, the new oak galvanizing the tannins and lending so much more persistency towards the long finish. A precocious, ambitious Le Pin that left it to bottling to show its true potential. Drink 2013-2030. Tasted September 2007.

Wine Advocate

94-96 / 100

par Robert Parker le 04/05/2007

This exotic effort tends to perform incredibly well when young, middle aged, and old, and all the complaints heard when it is first released that it won’t age well have been proven absurd. The 2005's incredibly fragrant perfume of espresso roast, melted chocolate, cedar, plums, and kirsch soars from the glass of this dense ruby/purple-colored Pomerol. Opulent, even voluptuous, and loaded, it boasts an expansive, full-bodied palate yet good underlying acidity provides definition as well as precision to this blockbuster. Sadly, only 500 cases are produced each year, and those are gobbled up by the world’s billionaires. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2025.

Wine Advocate

94-96 / 100

par Robert Parker le 01/05/2006

As usual, the 2005 Le Pin (500 cases produced) is an exotic, aromatic effort offering gorgeous aromas of cedar, plums, black cherry liqueur, espresso roast, and chocolate. This full-bodied, rich, fragrant (the Thienponts call it the “Richebourg” of Bordeaux) effort possesses supple, velvety tannin and attractive sweetness and expansiveness, as well as good freshness and definition. It should continue to put on weight and evolve into another blockbuster from this tiny vineyard. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2025.

TAST

17.50 / 20

le 24/04/2006

Texture incroyablement tendre par rapport aux autres grands pomerols, tannins soyeux, très grande finesse, très grand naturel : l'élévage l'étoffera comme d'habitude.

Wine Spectator

95-100 / 100

par James Suckling le 30/03/2006

This is so floral, spicy and complex. It's hard to believe. Some lavender and berry. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a long, long finish. Very Burgundian. Not the 1998. —J.S.