Chateau NENIN Pomerol 2008

91/100 Wine Enthusiast

'Barrel sample. This is dense but sweet, the fruit jammy, spicy. There is a core of dry tannins at the end, with acidity appearing only at the end.”

Château Nénin has been producing great wines in the heart of the Pomerol appellation, with the Grand Vin being produced only on the very best parcels, located on the plateau of Pomerol. The Delon family, historical owners of the Médoc Châteaux Léoville Las Cases and Potensac, acquired Château Nénin from their cousins of the Despujol family in 1997. As a result, the property still belongs to the same family since 1847. As soon as the property was bought, a profound restructuring was undertaken in order to make it one of the greatest Crus on the right bank.
As soon as he bought the property, Jean-Hubert Delon immediately undertook major work, aware of the extraordinary potential of this estate. The vineyards were extensively restructured, new plots were planted, others were uprooted and replanted, the production equipment was completely rethought, extended and developed in order to produce the best wines from the splendid grapes born on this exceptional terroir. The wines, year after year, offer more and more precision, elegance and balance, beyond the effects of the “vintage”. The search for perfection and progress is permanent, and animates all their teams who work with passion for the improvement of the Grand Vin du Château Nénin and its other label, the “Fugue de Nénin”, produced on the adjacent parcels, below the plateau.