Le Pin 1986

One of the more structured examples of Le Pin and still suprisingly youthful for a wine that critics say needs to be drunk in its first5-10 years, this dark garnet-coloured wine has notes of licorice, loamy soil scents, sweet black cherries, and currants along with some truffle and vanilla. The wine is medium bodied with a certain firmness and delineation, and less of the charm, glycerin and opulence that the ripe, more generous vintages provide. The finish is long and almost Médoc like. Anticipated maturity now-2015