Famous Wines from Around the World

Question 1

Le Pin

Answer 1

Origin of Name

Le Pin from a solitary pine tree that grows near the winery

Owner
Madame Laubie, whose family had owned the plot since 1924 sold the one hectare vineyard in 1979 to the Belgian Jacques Thienpon

Location - Pomerol

Soil
sandy gravel topsoil on a bedrock of limestone

Grape Variety
100% Merlot (typically 92% merlot blended with Cabernet Franc)

Size of Winery 
2 hectares (5 acres) 

Viniculture

The grapes are hand-harvested and are fermented in stainless steel before being matured in200% new oak barriques for between 14 and 18 months.

Classic Vintage
2004

Key fact
Only year since existence wine wasn’t produced was in 2003 due to the drought and heat wave that hit Bordeaux

Question 2

Bricco Rocche

Answer 2

Producer

• Ceretto

Origin
• named after the Bricco Rocche Vineyard located in Castiglione Falletto

Location
• Piedmonte
• Castiglione Falletto

Owner
• Bruno and Marcello Ceretto