2018 CHÂTEAU NÉNIN Pomerol, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU NÉNIN

2018 Pomerol

Grapes Merlot, Cab Franc
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol
Village Pomerol

Elegant, complex nose with dark and blue fruit, as well as spicy and earthy undertones. Sandalwood and cedar with dark chocolate, too. Full body with firm, ultra fine tannins. Structured, layered and flavorful on the palate. It’s very polished with a lovely texture and a long finish. Pure and luscious. Merlot with 37% cabernet franc. Best ever. Try after 2024, but already very beautiful. Rating: 97 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Feb 2021)


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The 2018 Nenin is made up of 63% Merlot and 37% Cabernet Franc and has 14.6% alcohol. Yields were 33.8 hectoliters per hectare, and grapes were harvested between September 13 and October 12. The wine is to be aged in barriques, 45% new, and the finished blend was put into barrels last December. Deep purple-black in color, it sings of Morello cherries, Black Forest cake, licorice and lavender with a core of plum preserves, unsmoked tobacco and warm blackberries plus a waft of Provence herbs. Full-bodied and concentrated yet bursting with energy, it has a solid backbone of firm, rounded tannins and bags of freshness, finishing long. Rating: 93-95 Lisa Perrotti-Brown, RobertParker.com (Apr 2019)

This is a special wine with unique black-cherry character and hints of hazelnuts. Full bodied, tight and totally melted together with the firm and ultra-fine tannins Extremely long. Rating: 96-97 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Apr 2019)

This is a blend of 63% Merlot and 37% Cabernet Franc, picked between September 13th and October 10th, with a yield of 33.8 hl/ha, an alcohol of 14.6% and a pH of 3.64. It has a delightful fragrance on the nose, all peony, sweetpea and verbena scents. It certainly possesses a very floral style, with some toasted oak, bringing a sweet and lightly caramelised edge to the aromatic profile. It feels very precise all the same. The palate follows on with a sense of precision, showing freshness, character and energy. It feels medium-bodied, lithe and sinewy in its character, with perfumed peony fruit. A very fresh style with tightly grained, seamless and polished tannins. Long and tense, this vintage continues a run of improved form for this estate. The élevage will be in 45% new oak. Rating: 92-94 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (Apr 2019)

Château Nénin

Two things make Château Nenin standout from the rest of Pomerol – at 32ha it is considerably larger than most in in this crowded appellation; and Nenin has a real bona fide 19th Century château at its core rather than the more usual small shed. Infact it appears more along the lines of something one might find in the Haut-Médoc which is perhaps fitting as, since 1987, it has been in common ownership with Château Potensac and the great Saint Julien estate of Château Leoville Las Cases. As one might expect with such a noble stable-mate, quality has advanced rapidly in line with a lot of healthy investment in the estate. The vineyards are planted with 78% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon with an average age of around 30 years. The second wine is Fugue de Nenin.

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