France • Château Le Pin, 33500 Pomerol, France
Le Pin is a tiny but legendary estate in Bordeaux’s Pomerol appellation. The vineyard, originally about one hectare, had been owned by Madame Laubie’s family since 1924 until it was bought in 1979 by Belgian wine merchant Jacques Thienpont, whose family also owns neighbouring Vieux Château Certan. Named after a solitary pine tree near the winery, Le Pin quickly rose from an unheralded plot to one of the most coveted and expensive red wines in the world, with production initially made in the basement of a farmhouse…
