4/5

fruit

5/5

body

3/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Vieux Chateau Certan

2011 {(currentVariant.size?' | ':'')} {( currentVariant.size )}

Various vintages

Pomerol, Libournais, Bordeaux, France

Red

Cabernet Franc, Merlot

Drink Now/Cellar

VN 93 WA 91

The small berries, rich in tannins and anthocyanins, were sorted with meticulous care.? The 2011 Vieux Chateau Certan is deep-flavoured, deep-coloured and concentrated. Merlot provided great finesse, body and pedigree, but the Cabernet Franc, with its wonderful complexity, ripeness, density and lovely length, gave the character to this vintage.

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meat:
Beef, Game, Sausages

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese

Reviewer: Ian d'Agata

Good bright red-ruby. Expressive aromas of raspberry, cocoa, minerals and violet; very cabernet franc! Juicy, sappy and intense, with sharply delineated if still youthfully imploded flavors of floral red berries and minerals. Offers truly superb intensity and clarity, with harmonious lively acids giving the sweetly spicy red fruit flavors noteworthy penetration and cut. Highly perfumed on the long, pure finish which features lingering violet notes. This was my favorite wine of the Primeurs back in 2012 and subsequent retastings of the wine since then haven't changed my mind.

4/5

fruit

5/5

body

3/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Pomerol, Libournais, Bordeaux, France

Red

Cabernet Franc, Merlot

Drink Now/Cellar

Black fruit / Blackcurrant leaf / Chocolate / Earthy / Floral / Graphite / Leaf

meat:
Beef, Game, Sausages

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese

Reviewer: Ian d'Agata

Good bright red-ruby. Expressive aromas of raspberry, cocoa, minerals and violet; very cabernet franc! Juicy, sappy and intense, with sharply delineated if still youthfully imploded flavors of floral red berries and minerals. Offers truly superb intensity and clarity, with harmonious lively acids giving the sweetly spicy red fruit flavors noteworthy penetration and cut. Highly perfumed on the long, pure finish which features lingering violet notes. This was my favorite wine of the Primeurs back in 2012 and subsequent retastings of the wine since then haven't changed my mind.

Vieux Chateau Certan

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