"...wahnsinns Nase, komplex, reif, frisch, spicy, hellbeerig, super fein, elegant, ganz pure Finesse, große Balance, Tabak, feine Zigarrenkiste, lang, extrem lang." (03/2020)
2021 Vieux Château Certan
Weinart: Rotwein
Rebsorte: Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Land: Frankreich
Region: Bordeaux
Appellation: Pomerol
Stilistik: komplex, vielschichtig
Ausbau: Barrique/ Holzfass
Geschmacksrichtung: trocken
Trinktemperatur: 15-18°C
Grimm 98-100 /100
Suckling 96-97 /100
Vinous 96-98 /100
Dunnuck 93-95 /100
Perrotti-Brown 94-96 /100
Parker 94-96 /100
Allergene: Sulfite, Abfüllerinformation
325,00 €*
Inhalt: 0.75 Liter (433,33 €* / 1 Liter)
Preise inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versandkosten Subskription 2021: Die Auslieferung erfolgt in 2024.
Produktnummer: 12722
Michael Grimm
98-100 POINTS
Vinous
96-98 POINTS
The 2021 Vieux Château Certan is a spectacular tour de force from Alexander and Guillaume Thienpont. What a wine. Vibrant and magnificent in its precision, the 2021 races across the palate, revealing seemingly endless layers of nuance over time. Dark blue/purplish fruit, cinnamon, new leather, graphite, lavender and crushed rocks all build effortlessly. The Cabernets are dialed up in 2021 and that comes through in the wine's flavor profile and overall feel. The purity of the flavors is just mind-bending. Harvest took place between September 25 and October 4. The blend is 67% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Readers who can find the 2021 should not hesitate, as it is truly magical.
- Antonio Galloni (04/2023)
James Suckling
96-97 POINTS
Medium to full body with a supple, textured and firm tannin structure. Velvety and perfumed with fragrant notes of flowers, cloves, plums and raspberries. Broad and layered. Very supple and evolving. Opens on the palate. 77% merlot, 20% cabernet franc and 3% cabernet sauvignon. (05/2022)
Jeb Dunnuck
93-95 POINTS
The 2021 Vieux Château Certan is another pure, elegant Pomerol with plenty to love. Giving up a very pretty, precision, and medium-bodied style, it has lots of pure blue fruits, notes of spring flowers and graphite, finely polished tannins, and a great finish. It shows the cooler, fresher style of the vintage but has incredible purity and certainly brings good intensity. The tannins here are also terrific. The blend is 77% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, all of which is still resting in 65% new French oak. (06/2022)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
94-96 POINTS
The 2021 Vieux Chateau Certan is composed of 77% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple colored, it slowly grows on the nose to reveal vibrant, perfumed notes of black raspberries, fresh black plums, and redcurrant jelly, plus suggestions of cast-iron pan, lilacs, rose oil, cinnamon stick, and aniseed with a waft of forest floor. The medium-bodied palate is very tightly wound, featuring loads of layers of red and black fruits intertwined with mineral sparks, supported by very fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing on a lingering fragrant earth note. A wine that shimmers from start to finish. The alcohol is 13.3% and the pH is 3.62. (05/2022)
Parker – Wine Advocate
94-96 POINTS
A blend of 77% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2021 Vieux Château Certan wafts from the glass with lovely aromas of violets, rose petals, sweet wild berries, exotic spices, orange rind and smoke. Medium to full-bodied, supple and enveloping, it's an elegant, fleshy wine with a bright core of fruit, ultra-refined tannins and a precise, saline finish. Despite its almost Burgundian finesse, this Pomerol's remarkably penetrating, perfumed finish gives the lie to any notion that it's in any way lacking in intensity of flavor. As is almost invariably the case, Vieux Château Certan is one of the finest wines of the appellation this year.
- William Kelley
Vieux Château Certan