Château Le Pin

Le Pin began in 1979, when Jacques Thienpont bought a small parcel near Vieux Château Certan and made the first wine in a modest cellar with little more than a few tanks and barrels. Neighbouring plots were added gradually, and the vineyard now covers about two hectares. A new cellar by Belgian architect Paul Robbrecht followed in 2011.

Merlot is planted across gravel, clay and sand marked by iron-rich subsoil on the Pomerol plateau. Picking is manual, with the fruit sorted in three stages and handled in seven small stainless-steel vats before maturation in new oak.