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2015 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot
James Suckling
98-99/100
Jancis Robinson MW
18.5/20
James Lawther MW
97/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
98+/100
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Product: 20151016082
2015 Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, Bordeaux

Description

Alexandre Thienpont has succeeded in creating a terrific wine again in 2015. Fabulously elegant, it is almost Burgundian in style and finesse. This is pure, focused and graceful: a wonderful success.

Real acidity provides freshness and a lovely texture. It is really polished. An underlying core of some depth, but the wine is very light in its feet. Very clean and precise, it is soft, light and beautifully spicy. There is so much complexity on the palate, yet the flavours are so refined. The wine has real length, but everything is understated and elegant.

Blend: 80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Alcohol % 15
Grape List Merlot
Body Full Bodied
Property Vieux Château Certan

Critics reviews

James Suckling 98-99/100
A powerful and rich wine with super concentration and length. Deep and very rich. Glorious blackberry and black chocolate. Full and super velvety. A creamy texture of stone, chalk and lemon rind from the tannins and acidity. Wow. Loving it. The caressing character is so memorable. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - Apr 2016
Drink 2025 - 2045
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2016)
Jancis Robinson MW 18.5/20
Very intense nose with strong mineral notes - lots of Cabernet Franc influence. Massive impact with really luscious ripe fruit but massive tannins too. Very satiny initially but underneath there is massive tannin. Lovely fragrant top note. Beautifully married. Very sophisticated and with many layers. All vineyard not winemaking. Very savoury - very unlike Merlot stereotype. Drink 2025-2045 jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2016
Drink 2025 - 2045
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2016)
James Lawther MW 97/100
This is a really complete wine with aromatic complexity, ripe fruit, beautifully suave texture and freshness and persistence on the finish. The tannins are abundant but fine, allowing the wine to build majestically on the palate. Harmonious as well. ‘It’s like 2010 with more Cabernet Franc (19%),’ says Alexandre Thienpont. Drink: 2025-2045 james_lawther MW - decanter.com - April 2016
Drink 2025 - 2045
James Lawther MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2016)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 98+/100
Blended of 80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Vieux Chateau Certan opens with profound notes of blueberry compote, dried mulberries, black forest cake, licorice, violets and garrigue with wafts of black truffles, sandalwood and rose hips. Medium to full-bodied, very earthy/savory and beautifully layered with very plush yet present tannins, it offers lovely freshness and a very long minerally finish. So very Pomerol!Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 27/04/2018
Drink 2025 - 2045
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (Apr 2018)

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.

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