里鹏 2006 Le Pin 2006

This was a sample of the final blend, taken from tank, approximately one month before bottling was due. The nose offers a beautiful perfume, with fine damson and plum fruit purity with notes of vanilla, pepper and spice. The palate is svelte, rounded, with silky tannins perfectly covered by the fruit. Overall this is very harmonious in its composition, and it seems remarkably approachable, despite its embryonic nature and the underlying structure. It certainly has a little more punch than the 2007, which I tasted first, finishing up in a firm, tannic finish

里鹏由于面积很少，土地矜贵，所以没有盖上大庄园城堡，只有间酿酒和存酒的小屋。由于没有大房子，所以里鹏的名称上没有标出Chateau Le Pin而只有Le Pin。Le Pin是法文的松树之意，它的名称源于庄园内几棵标致性的大松树。

里鹏无多姿多彩的历史，又无宏伟的庄园城堡和辽阔美丽的庄园，但仍是世界葡萄酒业的一个奇迹。它效仿柏图斯的酿造方法，价格上也仅次于柏图斯。美国最权威的葡萄酒杂志《Wine Spectator》经常对里鹏打出高分，葡萄酒专家们则对李鹏的评价褒贬不一，这反而使里鹏变得更加炙手可热，因此其货源十分难找。