The Perfect
Château Nenin
AOC PomerolRed wine
Merlot, Cabernet Franc
14%
Barrel
16°C
Perfect with fine meats and earthy flavours. Especially good with veal loin with morel sauce or beef entrecôte with truffle jus; also goes well with mushroom risotto or braised aubergine.
Château Nenin belongs to Domaines Delon (including Léoville Las Cases). After its acquisition in the 1990s, the estate underwent extensive renovation: vineyards were more precisely defined, cellars modernised and style refined. The second wine is called ‘Fugue de Nenin’; together they characterise the estate's current rise in quality.
Black cherry, plum and cassis on the nose, accompanied by violet, graphite and a hint of cedar wood. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, juicy and finely woven; silky, precise tannins, lots of freshness and a long, energetic finish with dark fruit and fine spice.
Hand-picked by plot (1–23 September 2022), gentle extraction and temperature-controlled fermentation. Aged for around 16 months in French oak, with a substantial proportion of new barriques to fine-tune the texture.
An almost contiguous estate covering approx. 32 hectares on the Pomerol plateau. Clay-gravel soils with silicate gravel, quartz, granite, basalt pebbles and inclusions of iron crust (‘crasse de fer’) provide fruit, aroma and the wine's firm, mineral character.
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