Château Nenin: Tasting & Drinking
The appellation of Pomerol has a reputation for voluptuous wines, libations of a sensuous texture which can flatter and seduce. At the very pinnacle of the appellation, the wines can surely make even the most world-weary heart race. During some of my earliest visits to the region I did not find much evidence that Château Nenin was, at that time, playing in that league.
The wines had attractive fruit, and a polished texture, but I did not find the svelte sensuality of a great Pomerol. They can often show a somewhat austere character, one which sometimes calls to mind a young left-bank rather than right-bank style. I wondered in the past, as I suspect others have done, if this might have related to the press wine, which can sometimes make up 15-20% of the final blend. Or maybe it was the firmer backbone that came from the Cabernet Franc, from the clay and gravel soils of the plateau.
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