Madame Laubie, whose family had owned the plot since 1924 sold the one hectare
vineyard in 1979 to the Belgian Jacques Thienpont for 1 million francs. The vineyards were developed by Jacques Thienpont whose family own the neighbouring
Vieux Château Certan, and the wine was produced in tiny quantities from a farmhouse basement. The property was already called
Le Pin from a solitary pine tree that grows near the
winery. Today the estate comprises 2,7 hectares in one contiguous vineyard surrounding the winery. In 2011 a new winery, designed by the Belgian architectural practice Robbrecht en Daem architecten, was inaugurated using small stainless steel vats and gravity to move the wine. Château Le Pin is considered by some a predecessor of the "
garage wines", although this idea is rejected by many, including by the proprietors, on the basis of the merits of the
terroir, and the absence of extreme measures to compensate for mediocre grapes. Occasionally the most expensive wine in the world, The winery is currently managed by Jacques Thienpont, and additional tiny plots of land have been acquired. ==Production==