No Le Pin in 2003

Should you be offered a bottle of Le Pin 2003 in the far distant future, you can be sure it will be a fake, for Jacques and Fiona Thienpont have announced that not a single bottle will be made from this exceptionally hot vintage. Here's Jacques T's explanation:

I am sure that the news that there will be no Le Pin this year will come as no surprise to you. We had three months drought in Pomerol with five days where temperatures reached above 40°C in the shade (i.e. 50°C on the grapes) – an extreme high temperature where photosynthesis...