Le Pin: The Ultimate Collector's Wine?

Atlas' Managing Director, Simon Larkin MW, was recently quoted by Jane Anson in Wine Searcher, on potential of esteemed Pomerol property Le Pin: 

Simon Larkin of Atlas Fine Wines calls Le Pin: "Pretty much the ultimate collector wine. People approach it more like a Burgundian collection, with an emotional attachment rather than an eye on speculation."

Larkin would suggest, if you are able to finance it, getting hold of the 2001. "It’s priced right now around £9000 ($15,400) for a case of six, compared to maybe £16,000 ($27,400) for the 2000, and the gulf between the two vintages is nowhere near that big. For me, the 2001 may even be a better wine than the 2000. Le Pin, with its small scale and the talent of its winemaker, will always do well in the smaller vintages."

So is the new winery – completed in 2012 by Belgian architects Robbrecht & Daem – going to change anything? Not according to Jacques. "It’s a pleasure to make the wines now because the equipment is better; we have thermoregulation that we didn’t have before. I maybe miss that the old cellar was more artisan, but I am far less stressed during harvest."

The full article first appeared in Winesearcher.com on July 10th 2014.