Château Nénin 2021

Why is this Wine so Yummy?

BLEND 64% Merlot 36% Cabernet Franc

HARVEST PERIOD from 25th September to 4th October 2021

ANALYSES Alcohol: 13.31 % vol. – Total Acidity: 3.24 gH2SO4/l – pH: 3.53 – IPT: 65

This 2021 vintage will remain uniquely complex. Both early and late. Indeed, although the mildness and humidity of the winter imposed an early, yet homogeneous budburst, this advance was lost during the growing season. The total investment of the teams was more than ever essential to limit the impact of various hazards and risks: once the impact of frost contained, the vineyard was then be preserved until the end of the summer, for a slow but complete and very qualitative phenolic maturation. The gravelly soil, especially on the plateau, played its role perfectly, forcing the vines to refine the suave maturity of the Merlots and the intrinsic elegance of the Cabernet Franc.

About Nénin

On the eve of the 1997 harvest, Jean-Hubert Delon purchased Château Nénin, which had belonged to his cousins, the Despujol family, since 1847. A major restructuring was immediately undertaken.
The pruning and trellising methods were reviewed, the land was drained, the vines were replanted or uprooted, and the equipment modernized. The ageing and storage cellars were extended and completely re-fitted, and air conditioning was added. A new vat room, furnished with state-of-the-art equipment, was built thereby completing the total transformation of the property.

In the Vineyard

AOC: Pomerol

Surface area: 32 ha

Area dedicated to the Grand Vin : 10 ha

Area dedicated to the Second wine : 22 ha

Average age of vines: 28 years

Grape varieties: Merlot 76% / Cabernet Franc 23% /
Cabernet Sauvignon 1%

Density of plantation: 6 300 to 7100 plants/ha

A great Pomerol terroir. Château Nénin’s vineyards grow on a single block of land with the exception of one plot. Nevertheless, the Grand Vin is only produced on the best parcels, 8 hectares of the largest clay and gravel terroirs located on the Pomerol plateau. The adjoining plots, below, are devoted to the production of the second wine, Fugue de Nénin. As a consequence, its terroir includes the many, diverse soils that characterize Pomerol. It is mainly made up of Oligocene deposits covered by Dordogne alluvial gravelly formations; siliceous clay and gravel, quartz, granite, iron-deposits and basalt pebbles. Château Nénin’s vineyards grow on the great clay-gravel terroirs of the Pomerol Plateau.

In the Winery

Where in the World is Nénin?

Nénin is in the Right Bank of Bordeaux in Pomerol.