This is distinctive from the start, with notes of roasted apple wood, cedar, warm earth, baker's chocolate and sweet tobacco leading off, followed by a deep well of black currant, blackberry and black cherry paste...

The 2019 Le Pin, 100% Merlot, is deep garnet-purple in color. It gallops out with energetic notes of crushed black and red cherries, wild blueberries, and forest floor, giving way to suggestions of cast-iron pan, menthol...